Call for Technologists, Entrepreneurs and Government
- Saturday, December 12, 2015
- by
- Unknown
When the country has just
suffered havoc of calamities and still struggling, the first thing country
should do to build bastion is to have independency in food. Food is richness
and food is strength. Mutual help of Government, Technologists and
Entrepreneurs can only safeguard food safety and food security in the nation.
Food Industries function to produce
same food at low price. Fruits, vegetables, milk, cereals, legumes, meat, fish,
poultry can be processed to give rich amount of new products, can be preserved
and can be made more safe and nutritious by the advances in food technology. Even simple of the simplest technique can help
things get better. Example
1.
Washing and sorting of fruits and vegetables
2.
Separate place for cooked and raw food
3.
Packaging and refrigeration
Government should invest on
producing competent food technologist for the nation. The scope of food
technologist is transcendent. They not only they produce food, they can work on
bio-molecular level, biosensors and nanotechnology and make food more than that
of fulfilling hunger, it can be medicine and pleasure indulgence.
Food Regulation 1970 AD and Food
Act 2023 BS are functional in the country but food safety and security are not
properly addressed yet. According to Human Development Index- UNDP 2011, GDP
per capita is only $ 1,049 and 4.5 Million Nepalese are undernourished. (FAO,
2011). Malnutrition slows economic growth and brings poverty because of poor
physical status, poor cognitive function and indirect health costs.
Top Imports Nepal 2011
Rank
|
Commodity
|
Quantity (tonnes)
|
Value (1000 $)
|
1
|
Soybean oil
|
102011
|
128813
|
2
|
Palm oil
|
49251
|
58031
|
3
|
Maize
|
194746
|
46977
|
4
|
Food Prep Nes
|
13627
|
38960
|
5
|
Soybeans
|
71411
|
36088
|
6
|
Cake of Soybeans
|
73395
|
32210
|
7
|
Rapeseed
|
49147
|
30023
|
8
|
Fatty Acids
|
30337
|
27699
|
9
|
Jute
|
50528
|
27368
|
10
|
Tobacco, unmanufactured
|
7580
|
25327
|
11
|
Potatoes
|
128774
|
23042
|
12
|
Food Wastes
|
18722
|
17120
|
13
|
Mustard seed
|
31831
|
16542
|
14
|
Pastry
|
10325
|
15089
|
15
|
Apples
|
49179
|
13911
|
16
|
Sunflower oil
|
8943
|
12584
|
17
|
Beverage Non-Alc
|
13509
|
12240
|
18
|
Bever. Dist.Alc
|
945
|
10359
|
19
|
Sugar Confectionery
|
4597
|
10058
|
20
|
Onions, dry
|
50930
|
8961
|
Top Exports Nepal 2011
Rank
|
Commodity
|
Quantity (tonnes)
|
Value (1000 $)
|
1
|
Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms
|
4121
|
30746
|
2
|
Lentils
|
22533
|
24287
|
3
|
Tea
|
8854
|
19448
|
4
|
Fruit Juice Nes
|
22152
|
16220
|
5
|
Macaroni
|
6816
|
10064
|
6
|
Orange juice, single strength
|
12890
|
8784
|
7
|
Cake of Rapeseed
|
34690
|
7471
|
8
|
Ginger
|
17215
|
4839
|
9
|
Meat-Cattle Boneless
|
1944
|
3541
|
10
|
Juice of Pineapples
|
4823
|
3473
|
11
|
Oil of vegetable origin,
|
1880
|
2705
|
12
|
Food Prep
|
1313
|
2219
|
13
|
Flour of Wheat
|
2970
|
2214
|
14
|
Juice of Tomatoes
|
1675
|
1295
|
15
|
Oil Essential
|
31
|
1279
|
16
|
Bran of Wheat
|
6294
|
1176
|
17
|
Cigars Cheroots
|
93
|
943
|
18
|
Pet Food
|
83
|
892
|
19
|
Coffee, green
|
159
|
802
|
20
|
Sunflower Cake
|
3389
|
706
|
Pratiksha Shrestha
pratiksha.shrestha2001@gmail.com