Report
On
Assessment of wastage of food in restaurants, food hubs and consumer behavior towards waste.
In Gandhinagar
Submitted By-
Akash Mahamana
Kandarp Singh
DFT-8
Problem Statement
Food wastage in restaurants and waste reuse for producing non-conventional source of energy by using bio-gas plants to produce natural gas.
Background
India has made rapid progress in food production and achieved near self-sufficiency in the food grain production. In fact the attainment of self sufficiency in food grains at the national level is one of the major achievements of the country in the post-independence era. India has also formed enough buffer stocks to cope-up with year-to-year variations in the food grain production. But, at the same
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India is often called the land of feasts, fasts and festivals. With globalization and liberalization the economic prosperity of the nation has seen an upward trend which has pumped huge quantity of wealth into the country. People tend to eat food at food hubs and restaurants. Food is also wasted a lot at social gatherings like marriages, ceremonies, …show more content…
The three occur at consumption level which can be further divide into two groups-(i) Food waste at household level (ii) Food waste at restaurants, ceremonial gatherings.
Secondary Survey
Findings-
• Due to the rising economic prosperity in the country, the Indian middle class is getting more and more affluent. As a result the number of social functions is also growing both in terms of volume and extravagance. Globalization has changed the taste and preferences of the people hence more number of dishes in a social gathering.
• Due to the booming economy the society tends more towards the restaurants and food hubs in search of good taste. Nowadays working people in big cities like Ahmedabad and other cities send lavishly on eating habits. They prefer outside food more than the homemade food. Hence if we look in the past few years many new restaurants and food hubs have been introduced in India.
• Social functions, particularly marriages, are now opportunities for the elites to showcase their wealth and status. Greater aspirations have also fuelled the trend to have luxurious weddings and the middle class is trying to emulate the
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