GRAIN STORAGE.docx

Choice Reviews Online, 2010

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This report presents the study on pattern of Food Storage followed in India and its implications on exports to other developing countries which involves contract farming (an agricultural production being carried out on the basis of an agreement between the buyer and farm producers.)The organizations involved in Food Storage in India are FCI (Food Corporation of India) and FAO (Food & Agricultural Organization) and several research institutes which play a vital role in getting the produce of several export important crops in bulk from farmers who sign a contract agreement of providing desired agricultural commodities at a desired price, time and quantity required by the buyers (In most case Government Organizations). Often this is done directly or at times involves market intermediaries and integrated buyers who take the produce from the farmers and ship it to the larger storage units. In India, about 70% of farm produce is stored by farmers for their own consumption. Storage losses constitute a major share of food grain loss in postproduction operations which results in a loss in GDP (Gross Domestic Product). This paper focuses on present anomalies and how to deal with it to boost up the economy of the country by safer storage structures and profit made by exports and also presented is the benefit of prevailing working models of Food Bank and State of the Art Cold Storage Structures by invoking Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in increasing produce and a possible increase in efficiency & shelf life of Stored Products.

The sun could be blocked by an asteroid impact, supervolcanic eruption, or nuclear winter caused by burning of cities during nuclear war. The primary problem in these scenarios is loss of food production. Previous work has shown that alternate foods not dependent on sunlight, such as bacteria grown on natural gas, calories extracted from killed leaves, and cellulose turned into sugar enzymatically, could feed everyone in these catastrophes and preparation for these foods would save lives highly cost-effectively. This study estimates the price of alternate foods during a catastrophe scenario with global trade and information sharing, but no migration, loans, aid or conflict. Without alternate foods, for a five year winter, only ~10% of the population would survive. The price of dry food would rise to ~$100/kg, and the expenditure on this food would be ~$100 trillion over five years. If alternate food were $8/kg, the surviving global population increases to ~70%, saving >4 billion lives. The probability of a loss of civilization and its impact on many future generations would be much lower in this scenario and the total expenditure on food would be halved. Preparation for alternate foods would be a good investment even for wealthy people who would survive without alternate foods. A non-governmental mechanism of coordinating the investments of these rich people may be possible. Identifying companies whose interests align with alternate food preparations may save lives at a negative cost.

China's impact on world agricultural markets in coming decades will depend on many factors. Growing income and transition to modern urban lifestyles will increase demand for all foods, but demand will shift toward meat and high-value products. WTO accession may increase openness of China's agricultural trade and allow more imports. An understanding of geographic variations of consumption, production, trade, and policy is critical to understanding the vast China market. Development of transportation infrastructure and market channels will make it easier for food products to reach consumers. China's approach to biotechnology and its reform of institutions for allocating land, labor, and water inputs have important implications for agricultural productive capacity.

International Journal of Research Culture Society (IJRCS), 2017

India has been facing a paradoxical situation of decaying harvest in one side and starving poor on the other. Lack of adequate cold-chain infrastructure and a supportive food processing industry leads to wastage of about 30 percent of all food produced; cause India to experience some of the highest food losses in the world. Reduction of post-harvest losses become the component of food security, the current scenario in Indian agriculture poses a threat to the successful implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in India. This paper aims to examine the issue of post-harvest losses in Indian agriculture in the context of NFSA enacted in India in 2013. The foremost reasons for post-harvest losses and its solutions are discussed.

Growth in food production has been greater than population growth. Food per person increased during the period. The y-axis is percent of 1999-2001 average food production per capita. Data source: World Resources Institute.

The world population is rising rapidly over the growth of food grains and as a consequence food crisis arises. There are now more than a billion malnourished people in the world meaning that almost one sixth of humanity is suffering from hunger. Fertility of land has been reduced due to over exploitation, excessive use of chemical fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides. Due to indiscriminate deforestation the amount of rainfall reduces and land erosion takes place. Natural calamities like droughts, floods, cyclones, global warming, melting glaciers, raising sea level etc. are increasing and environment is degraded. As a result the production of food grains decreases and made food crisis at a global level. Not only that sometimes food crisis arises not due to food shortage, there is enough food in the stock though some people are in starvation due to some failure of public distribution system. The crisis not food crisis, it is the policy crisis of the government. This is a tragedy from food surplus to food scarcity. This paper concentrates on sustainable food security in the long-run in a sustainable ecofriendly manner to cover the benefit every person not only for the present but also for the future generation.