THE Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)website states that a third of the food produced worldwide is wasted.

According to conservative estimates, the cost of this wasted food is around $750 billion. About 870 million people go hungry daily, while the world indulges in such wastefulness.

UN experts say that doing away with the wastage of food will have a significant impact on reducing global hunger.

In Pakistan, food is wasted due to the state’s uncaring attitude as well as this society’s love of excess. Society’s lax attitude when it comes to consumption of food needs to be addressed. Let us not waste food anymore!

Zunaira Nasir

Sadiqabad

Published in Dawn, November 29th , 2014