Estimate the Food Wastage in India
Case Statement:
Estimate the food wastage in India in a year – target only household wastage
Background Information
Place: Food wastage in India is assumed using a demand side approach
Product: Food wastage in domestic household
Food Consumed per person = Mean of 1.0 kg/day is assumed from the person’s prior work ex in food tech Industry
Total wastage for a year (only households) = 2417.7+3358.0+1359.9+201.4 = 7337.08 cr kg
Case Tips
The important question to ask before beginning this case is whether we need to estimate the food wastage at a household level, restaurants level or at a production level in a field to fork model
The food wastage is directly proportional to the income level of the household since a high-income household would most likely waste a higher proportion of the food as compared to a low-income household.
Supply side approach would be a better approach if we are going for the production level wastage.