FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT A ROADMAP TO REDUCE FOOD POVERTY AND FOOD LOST WITH RISE IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND POVERTY

Abstract

Food squander has emerged as a major problem across the globe which has equally contributed to the greenhouse gases , it is evaluated that food squander produce the maximum amount of greenhouses gases . Food squander would include food loss and food thrown which means the food is wasted at two levels, during the process of production and transportation and second the food that we waste about cooking or keeping it form prolonged period at our homes . Food squander needs to be reduced , as millions of people don’t have access to food and majority of the people today are dying due to hunger or climate change issue , we produce more than the requirement , purchase more and eat less , in fact in America 40% of the food produced in not eaten , in India every household waste 50 Kg of food annually . We need to end the problem of food squander , the food squander can be used for a number of productive purpose even like as manure for plants , for the production of natural fabrics in the textile industry and food squander can also be used for the production of petrol and diesel which can also reduce our dependency on natural resources and reduce climate change .