Nearly 850 million people in the world going to bed without a meal in a day. Not only we are wasting the food indirectly we are wasting scarce natural resources needed for creating the food. Food wastage cripples a country’s economy to an extent that most of us are unaware. If food is wasted, there is so much waste of water used in agriculture, manpower and electricity lost in food processing industries and even contributes to deforestation
For example we are wasting water. In a nation like ours, where millions of people do not have access to clean drinking water around 25 per cent of fresh water used to produce food is ultimately wasted. It will be shocking for many of us to know that if we calculate the figures in cubic kilo meters, this is a bit more than an average river flowing in India.
Acres of land are deforested to grow food. Approximately 45 per cent of India’s land is degraded primarily due to deforestation, unsustainable agricultural practices, and excessive groundwater extraction to meet the food demand.
Taking all of into consideration, the actual worth of money per year in India from food wastage is estimated at a whopping Rs 58,000 crore to over Rs 96,000 crore.
There are other hazards of wasting food.
So the Ambassadors will be working for the betterment of the world. They contribute to their nation by way of avoiding the wastage of food and contribute to the world by reducing the wastage of food.