#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
2/n
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.
3/n
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
4/n
6. Agri-culture has become Agri-business - concludes a 1996 biodiversity workshop in Philippines
No care for soil, producers and consumers
7. 250,000 farmers committed suicide in the last 15 years
6. Agri-culture has become Agri-business - concludes a 1996 biodiversity workshop in Philippines
No care for soil, producers and consumers
7. 250,000 farmers committed suicide in the last 15 years
5/n
8. Govt is paying money on fertilizers, hybrid seeds, water, electricity - all for commercial crops not for food crops
9. Small farmers unable to get the right price for the crops - end up committing suicide
8. Govt is paying money on fertilizers, hybrid seeds, water, electricity - all for commercial crops not for food crops
9. Small farmers unable to get the right price for the crops - end up committing suicide
6/n
Poison is sold as medicine :-)
10. Anything ending with "cide" - kills something
pest - pesticide
rodent - rodenticide
human - genocide
If pesticide kills only the pests it can be called pesticide - if it kills you it has to be called biocide!
Poison is sold as medicine :-)
10. Anything ending with "cide" - kills something
pest - pesticide
rodent - rodenticide
human - genocide
If pesticide kills only the pests it can be called pesticide - if it kills you it has to be called biocide!
7/n
11. Italy - Slow food conference
Fast food is a misnomer - processed food - travels 2400 km before it reaches your plate - metal poison is added as preservatives
Travelling 2400 kms - fast and processed food contributes to global warming and climate change
11. Italy - Slow food conference
Fast food is a misnomer - processed food - travels 2400 km before it reaches your plate - metal poison is added as preservatives
Travelling 2400 kms - fast and processed food contributes to global warming and climate change
8/n
12. Slow food
It should be fresh, tasty, locally produced and locally consumed
Agriculture is not an economic activity - it is a gastronomic activity - it should suit your intestines
12. Slow food
It should be fresh, tasty, locally produced and locally consumed
Agriculture is not an economic activity - it is a gastronomic activity - it should suit your intestines
9/n
13. Fertility of soil means living soil
Living soil means - millions of microorganisms and earth worms should live in the soil - only then nutrients are released by soil to plant
Soil needs - plant and animal residues
13. Fertility of soil means living soil
Living soil means - millions of microorganisms and earth worms should live in the soil - only then nutrients are released by soil to plant
Soil needs - plant and animal residues
10/n
14. Without healthy soil, we are producing a generation of patients - Diabetes patients, kidney patients etc
15. Need for educated people to come to agriculture.
14. Without healthy soil, we are producing a generation of patients - Diabetes patients, kidney patients etc
15. Need for educated people to come to agriculture.
11/n
#Nammazhvar met @SadhguruJV - an excerpt of their talk
Sadhguru says - Soil is continuous ecosystem - doesn't care for national boundaries
- It is a generational responsibility - Every alive human being should care for mother earth
#SaveSoil - Let us make it happen!
#Nammazhvar met @SadhguruJV - an excerpt of their talk
Sadhguru says - Soil is continuous ecosystem - doesn't care for national boundaries
- It is a generational responsibility - Every alive human being should care for mother earth
#SaveSoil - Let us make it happen!
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