The only way out for India is to start organic agriculture with ancient seeds on a war footing. 5 vedic cows per acre land for fertiliser.
Artificial fertilisers, pesticides etc make soils super thirsty,leach into the water table, kill important and useful micro organisms that not only maintain soil structures but also make essential nutrients available and water available to plants which in turn make food more nutritious for us as well.
Also another way, we people can help is to push for local and seasonal eating habits, that help not only our health but also the ecology of the region........ I really like and support what Rujuta Diwekar says about this........... she says our diet habits should reflect our culture and what our grandmothers used to eat, that is the best way to conserve our ecology and help our farmers......
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The best kinds of trends are those that aren’t trends at all, but rather movements towards living a better life. The locavore ‘trend’ is a perfect example, prompting diners and home chefs to eschew the mass grocery store in favour of the farmer’s market, or the major chain restaurant for one whose food was grown at the farm down the street. Far from a passing fad, locavorism is an effort to eat more sustainably – local foods (defined as food consumed no more than 160km from where it was grown) ) don’t need to travel as far, saving on CO2 emissions, and they’re fresher, meaning they arrive on the plate full of nutrients …and flavour.
An ardent proponent of the movement to eat locally, Indian wellness expert Rujuta Diwekar relies on age-old nutrition wisdom to examine how this ‘trend’ could solve the urgent issue of feeding our growing world.
To know the future, we have look to our past.
In our future lies a global population of over 9 billion people, and with that growth arises the big question of how to effectively feed the population – food, after all, isn’t just about adequate calories, but also about delivering nutrients, joy and even meaning to one’s life. Considering that our amount of cultivable land is shrinking – replaced by malls, parking lots and factories – and that effective and safe water sources are dwindling as well, we might soon have a big problem on our hands.
This is where we can learn a bit from our past.
You Are What You Eat
It all begins by reducing our agricultural footprint. Traditional farming methods throughout the world, for example, had little to no carbon footprint, providing useful examples of how we can farm in ways that are suitable for a particular region, while educating the population to eat what’s in season. This approach puts us in touch with the soil, and, more importantly, delivers food that is much richer in nutrients than food that has travelled far and wide to land on the plate.
With issues like a lack of adequate nutrition and decreasing fertility, the world is already dealing with the effects of poor food quality – ie. foods that no longer pack enough nutrients, but are still dense on energy. This nutrient loss is also a result of changes in what we farm: as fewer farmers cultivate the variety of foods that they once did, we experience a loss of diversity in agriculture, diets and even ecology.
Pulse For Good Health
To address this issue, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO) declared 2016 as the year of pulses. An efficient source of protein, pulses like chickpeas, lentils and dried beans are also water-efficient and, as nitrogen-fixing crops, are known to naturally enrich the soil. Over the last few decades, they’ve lost out to so-called cash crops, and the large variety of pulses – and the farmers who grow them – need the support of consumers right now. In return, pulses provide us with tasty, filling and nutritious meals that work well in all regional cuisines while providing fibre and protein in our diet and helping regulate blood sugar.
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