tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778570096826367144.post7704700088772793333..comments2024-03-28T16:09:44.638+05:30Comments on Ground Reality: Food processing does not make food available for the poor.Devinder Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05867902048509662981noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778570096826367144.post-21725974424952690552010-03-23T17:46:12.315+05:302010-03-23T17:46:12.315+05:30Dear Dr Sharma,
You have rightly said that process...Dear Dr Sharma,<br />You have rightly said that processed food have many health hazards, in fact, if we look at western countries, processed food alone can be blamed for the disastrous increase in cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, obesity, hypertension, deficient immune system and the list goes on. As you said most of the people in western countries don't know how to cook and we can see our cricket crazy younger generation following the trend. <br />Cooking a healthy and nutritious food is considered a waste of time by current generation and we will start to see adverse effects in about 20-30 years time or sooner. Cancer is at all time high and India by far have highest diabetic rate in the world, imagine what could happen if majority of our urban population shifts towards ready to eat processed food.<br />Rather than solving the distribution issues, our government keep pulling out a blunder after another. And cricket crazy Indians dont care as processed food and a cricket game goes hand in hand, and good for house mums as they can watch all the Ekta Kappor's shows without any disruptions. And sorry to say Devinder Ji, people like you and me are called hypocrites, Isn't life GRAND?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265376016050001349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778570096826367144.post-35657859538127399652010-03-22T11:17:20.932+05:302010-03-22T11:17:20.932+05:30Why not write an article on the logistics of movin...Why not write an article on the logistics of moving food produced in our fields to the consumers in urban cities. <br />Isn't that the crux of the problem?pvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798585115018608960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3778570096826367144.post-13574603093323719862010-03-21T21:30:06.722+05:302010-03-21T21:30:06.722+05:30आदरणीय देवेंद्र जी आपका यह कहना ठीक है कि प्रसंस्...आदरणीय देवेंद्र जी आपका यह कहना ठीक है कि प्रसंस्कृत खाद्य पदार्थों से न तो गरीबों का पेट भरेगा और न ही खाद्य सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित होगी लेकिन टमाटर, आलू, प्याज के जमीन छूते दामों का कोई विकल्प तो सुझाइए । इस समय टमाटर, आलू, प्याज किसानों की लागत भी नहीं निकल पा रही है क्योंकि बाजार में इनकी प्रचुरता हो गई है । सब्जियों के लिए न तो सरकार एमएसपी घोषित करती है और न ही कृषि आधारित उद्योग लगाने में उसकी रूचि है । ऐसे में निजी क्षेत्र यदि सरकारी सब्सिडी के बल पर चटनी, चिप्स आदि बना रहा है तो किसानों का कुछ तो भला हो ही रहा है । यदि सरकार इन उत्पादों के निर्यात के लिए सब्सिडी दे तो यह ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में आय व रोजगार का सशक्त माध्यम बन सकता है । वैसे भी आज जो खेती प्रचलित है उसमें बाजार की उपेक्षा नहीं की जा सकती । ऐसे में खाद्य प्रसंस्करण उद्योग समय की जरूरत है । यह ठीक है कि फल-सब्जी ताजे ही ठीक होते हैं लेकिन आज की भागमभाग भरी जिन्दगी में यह संभव नहीं है कि लोग पाक कला में पारंगत बनें । <br /><br />रमेश दुबेRamesh Dubeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812154814586308125noreply@blogger.com