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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Food inflation cannot be tackled in generic way: Swaminathan

Food inflation cannot be tackled in generic way: Swaminathan

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published Published on Nov 19, 2011   modified Modified on Nov 19, 2011

-The Hindu

 

MSSRF signs MoU with Marg Limited

Food inflation could not be tackled in a generic way but has to be broken down and examined commodity by commodity, said M.S. Swaminathan, agricultural scientist.

After signing MoU with Marg Limited on a partnership to provide knowledge connectivity to empower rural communities, Prof. Swaminathan said it was the price of vegetables, pulses, oil seeds, potatoes, onions and fruits that were climbing up and not wheat and rice.

In pulses, there was a four million tonnes gap between demand and supply. The horticulture mission should map inflation hotspots and introduce food price stabilisation programme, he said, noting that the inter-state mechanism has failed to curb inflation.

The government would have to formulate strategies to improve post-harvest technologies as 25 to 30 per cent of vegetables and fruits were wasted, he said.

Earlier at the function, GRK Reddy, chairman and managing director, Marg Limited, said the company would fund technology to provide fishermen, farmers and SHGs in two villages in 15 km radius of the port developed by the company in Karaikal as part of its corporate social responsibility.

Ajay Parida, executive director, MSSR Foundation, said the company was investing about Rs.25 lakh in the first phase to provide knowledge connectivity to empower the rural communities. The fishermen and farmers would receive audio and text messages on availability of catchment, movement of fish or on weather conditions, tips on managing crops.

The villagers would also be connected through a closed user group to enable them access to the availability of doctor in primary health care centres.

Depending on the benefits to the community, the programme would be scaled up to nearby villages.

The Hindu, 19 November, 2011, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2640923.ece


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