Food Chain, Farmers, Finance & the Forums .. from Fs to Rs

The world is Flat but full of Forums nowadays with Focus on Tourism, Heritage, CSR etc. Few days back I attended a Conclave on Heritage, CSR Conference from Idea to Impact at AMA yesterday was on Tourism with Omar Abdullah to pull back the fading numbers of tourists in Jammu and Kashmir.

The twin city Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar has been witnessing Dubai Property shows, various corporate forums. On 31st July, 2025, TTF, Gujarat’s biggest travel trade show, had over 900 exhibitors from India and overseas, witnessed a diverse lineup of national and international tourism boards, including Sri Lanka Tourism, Gujarat Tourism, Uttar Pradesh Tourism, Uttarakhand Tourism, J & K Tourism, Goa Tourism, Odisha Tourism, Rajasthan Tourism, Punjab Tourism, Kerala Tourism, Karnataka Tourism, Assam Tourism, Tamil Nadu Tourism, Chhattisgarh Tourism, Meghalaya Tourism, Tripura Tourism etc.

Ms. Gayatri Subramaniam, Director, Association for Women in Business, Director International Centre for Socially Responsible Businesses on August 1, 2025 at AMA guided the pathways to formulate collaborative strategies in order to implement CSR projects, this itself can be instrumental if one plans to tie up with food chain segment.

Corporates like Tata Motors, Adani Foundation and Honda group shared their success stories contributing towards social development.

One FACTOR ( another F) Farmers, the food growers not discussed, which surprised me ??!!! No mention in CSR, they are ailing, committing suicides and the corporates in CSR don't bring this to the surface. Politicians don't  discuss this! The Farmlands are sold, converted to hotels and urban locales, if all farmers become funded entrepreneurs then who will grow the food?

The entire Food Chain on one side is dependant on Farmers, the growth and surge in restaurants and hospitality industry due to rise in Tourism sector has brought in another bigger challenge i.e waste management. 

The food waste itself if dealt seperately; Exclusively with proper plans in large hotels can contribute a lot to compost, richer and healthier soil belt leading to organic farm produce which equals to better profits for farmers as organic yield attracts more money and the hotels themselves can be the direct CSR suppliers of compost and consumers. ( Needless to say the luxury segment consumes high-quality produce)

The above plan is highly recommend for the sandy regions where government and it's people are struggling and putting all efforts converting this belt into a green zone. United Arab Emirates working tirelessly, successfully must adopt "waste segregation at grass root level" as a blue print for their hospitality segment. They are witnessing exponential growth in hotel construction; global boom in tourism and hospitality.. which equals to augmentation in food waste, which if converted to compost can be another field yielding gold.

They are building a modern world where impossible doesn't exist, hence they can set an example to the rest of the world.

Foot Note: we certainly don't want to build a Pirana or a Ghazipur dumpyard, with development and consumption, zero waste dumping in food industry is quite possible.  Sustainability is a bigger objective to arrive at with Rs as pillars..

Recycle,  Reuse, Refurbish, Regenerate!!