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About 20% of what we buy in urban India
ends up being thrown away [Source: indiacivic.com]
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According to United Nations Development
Program (UNDP), about 40% of food is wasted in India
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The actual worth of money per year lost
in India due to food wastage stands at whopping 58,000 crore [Source:
indiacivic.com]
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Food wastage is very high in urban
India amounting to 35% of total food wastage of India [Source: indiacivic.com]
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According to 2013 survey by charitable
organisation BHOOK, 20 crore Indians can't afford for dinner and about 7
million children have died in 2012 because of hunger and malnutrition.
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According to UN report, more than 85
crores of people in developing countries across the world were under nourished
between the years 2010-12.
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A single tomato production requires 13
litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]
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A single potato production requires 25
litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]
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A cup of tea requires 35 litres of
water. [Source: ifad.org]
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An apple requires 70 litres of water.
[Source: ifad.org]
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A glass of beer requires 75 litres of
water. [Source: ifad.org]
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A glass of wine requires 120 litres of
water. [Source: ifad.org]
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A cup of coffee requires 140 litres of
water. [Source: ifad.org]
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A glass of orange juice requires 170
litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]
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A bag of potato chips requires 184
litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]
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A glass of milk requires 200 litres of
water. [Source: ifad.org]
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A single hamburger requires 2400 litres
of water. [Source: ifad.org]
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1 kilogram of beef requires 16000
litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]
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