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BLOG BY: VIKAS JODAT             LOOK AT SOME CRISIS: On 31 March, Asia's biggest onion market fell silent. The market in Lasangaon in the western Indian state of Maharashtra usually thrums with farmers and traders. But the mostly migrant men and women who unload, load and grade onions - an essential part of the diet of millions of Indians - are missing. The market, which accounts for a third of India's onion produce, managed to stumble along for nearly a week after India imposed a strict 21-day lockdown, and suspended bus, train and air travel to prevent the spread of coronavirus. But the lockdown also led to an unprecedented exodus of workers from their places of work, to their homes in far-flung villages all over the country. Farmers were still able to go to their fields and pick onions after the government made it clear that agriculture was an essential service. And a few workers had stayed back to keep the Lasangaon market running. But the...

BLOG BY: VISHWENDRA SINGH RATHORE                    INDIA AND FOOD India has the second largest population in the world. Food is essential for human survival, without it we wouldn't live for more than 20 days. The International Food Security and Nutrition Organisation suggests that 190.7 million people are undernourished in India.This represents 14.5% of the Indian population, which makes India the home to the largest undernourished population in the world. This is not the end, it is estimated by the UN that nearly 40% of the food produced in India is wasted or lost by different modes. This costs India one lakh crore rupees every year, which also affects our GDP. India ranks 63 among 88 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI, UN data).  Entire South Asia wastes around 2.7% of food during processing. Food wastage in India is happening at different levels: from harvesting, transporting, processing, packaging and co...

     BLOG BY: AYUSH SINGH TAWAR       FOOD CRISIS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT Managing disasters and crises  is difficult during times when resources are stretched thin and infrastructure is challenged to the fullest. It is most important not to make a bad situation worse due to poor planning and implementation. Our public health experts are poised to assist your organization in creating public health disaster plans before the  food crisis  occurs, the most critical of times. Our Disaster Response Team can help ensure that public health issues of importance are not neglected during the creation and maintenance of disaster centers and evacuation camps. 1.Shelter Sanitation, Food Safety and Infection Control 2.Drinking Water Quality, Emergency Disinfection, Boil Advisory Information, Sanitary Surveys, Well Water Disinfection and Sampling Interpretation. 3.Wastewater Disposal, Onsite Disposal-Temp Facilities, Evaluation of Wastewater...

                                              DATE: 10/04/2020 BLOG BY: SUBHAM LADDHA   There’s No Time , or Food , to Waste How can the world nutritiously feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050, in a way that supports rural development and tackles climate change? This is one of the great challenges of the first half of this century. The World Resources Report  Creating a Sustainable Food Future  introduced a menu of solutions to address this challenge. Reducing food loss and waste are an important part of this strategy. WRI’s 2019 report  Reducing Food Loss and Waste: Setting a Global Action Agenda   — published with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, and in partnership with United Nations Environment, Natural Resources Defense Council, Iowa State University, The University of Maryland's Ed Snider Center, The Consorti...