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#Nammazhvar on Food Security - TedxIIMTrichy - A thread - 1/n
Simplicity and good sense of humour prevails in the talk of 21 mins of pure gold
"Ministers are more interested in redefinition of poverty line - instead of eliminating poverty" - he quips
Simplicity and good sense of humour prevails in the talk of 21 mins of pure gold
"Ministers are more interested in redefinition of poverty line - instead of eliminating poverty" - he quips
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1. Subsidies given to people are only reinforcing poverty - creating unemployment
2. Every year hundred thousand tonnes of food gets spoiled - for want of better storage
3. Food security = Food availability + accessibility + acceptability + nutritive value - 1996 UN conf.
1. Subsidies given to people are only reinforcing poverty - creating unemployment
2. Every year hundred thousand tonnes of food gets spoiled - for want of better storage
3. Food security = Food availability + accessibility + acceptability + nutritive value - 1996 UN conf.
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4. 43% of the children below 5 yrs lack access to nutritive food - growth is retarded
5. Food security is in the soil - 2000 years back our forefathers said - Soil + water = food - It doesn't need university education
4. 43% of the children below 5 yrs lack access to nutritive food - growth is retarded
5. Food security is in the soil - 2000 years back our forefathers said - Soil + water = food - It doesn't need university education
