FACTS ABOUT FOOD WASTAGE: (Article written for snippets in Bluebase softwares newsletter)





·           About 20% of what we buy in urban India ends up being thrown away [Source: indiacivic.com]

·           According to United Nations Development Program (UNDP), about 40% of food is wasted in India

·           The actual worth of money per year lost in India due to food wastage stands at whopping 58,000 crore [Source: indiacivic.com]

·           Food wastage is very high in urban India amounting to 35% of total food wastage of India [Source: indiacivic.com]

·           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.


·         According to UN report, more than 85 crores of people in developing countries across the world were under nourished between the years 2010-12.


·         A single tomato production requires 13 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

·         A single potato production requires 25 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

·         A cup of tea requires 35 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

·         An apple requires 70 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

·         A glass of beer requires 75 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

·         A glass of wine requires 120 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

·         A cup of coffee requires 140 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

·         A glass of orange juice requires 170 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

·         A bag of potato chips requires 184 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

·         A glass of milk requires 200 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

·         A single hamburger requires 2400 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]


·         1 kilogram of beef requires 16000 litres of water. [Source: ifad.org]

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