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This has reference to the news item ‘President lays stress on small food-processing units’ (Business Line, November 15).

The concept, ‘Processed food and agro industries’ is really suitable for India, whose soul lives in the villages.

This generates employment in rural areas in terms of securing supply of raw materials and savings on transportation costs.

The agricultural produce specific to the area could be utilised and the food value enhanced by adding nutrients.

The people from the suburban and rural areas commute to nearby townships. They include students, officials, merchants, shop-keepers, labourers and other working class people.

The students of women’s colleges and institutions who are mainly from suburban and rural areas come most often taking no food from home and suffer a lot without having a canteen or fast-food services at moderate rates attached to their educational centres.

Arrangements for functioning of such units in the educational institutions should be made. It’s possible that health and nutrition could be maintained, education spread, development achieved, employment generated, prosperity with economic growth attained and ultimate social welfare realised.

India is one of the largest food producers of the world and yet is processing only two per cent of the total production.

We are grappling with the formidable task of eradicating hunger and poverty from our planet.

Sixty per cent of farm labour across the country comprised women. Sustainable agriculture could be augmented.

T. V. Jayaprakash Palakkad.

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