Plant-based foods an important option to meet future needs – Tomar

Agriculture Minister addressed the conference on the ‘Dawn of a Plant-Based Age’ during the Aahaar exhibition

In order to deliberate on plant-based foods as an option for Food Security in the future, a conference was organised on the topic ‘Dawn of a Plant-Based Age’ during the ‘Aahaar’ exhibition organised at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Inaugurating the conference organised by the Plant Based Foods Industry Association (PBFIA), the Chief Guest, Narendra Singh Tomar Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, said that plant-based foods, along with meeting the needs of the times, will create job opportunities and boost agriculture. It will also give strength to the Agriculture sector. In view of the challenges that agriculture is facing, a plant-based alternative diet is an important step.

Union Minister Tomar said that if we prepare the options that will be needed in the future, then we can avert any crisis in the coming times. We are well aware of the present and future challenges, Food Security is one of them. In the coming decades, India will complete the centenary of Independence, by that time the population will also increase, whereas due to the works like infrastructural development, the laying of new railway lines in large numbers, construction of world-class national highways for modern and developed India, we have to be prepared for the possible reduction in the area under cultivation.

There is a need to think from now on how much food we will need till the year 2050 and how much global demand will increase from us. In this direction, the Central Government is making all efforts at its level.

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