A.Poshadri M.Tech (Food Tech.)

Officer In-Charge & DDOCollege of Food Science & Technology

Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, TS

Email: poshadri_fst@yahoo.co.in9492828965

Importance of Food Technology Today &

Tomorrow in Telangana State

• Food Technology offers an opportunity for the creation of sustainable livelihoods and economic development for rural communities and benefits all the sections of the society. It helps the:

• Farmers–get better returns, higher yield, and lower the risks

drastically,

• Consumers-have access to a greater variety, safety food,

better prices and new products,

• Economy-gets benefitted with new business opportunities

for the entrepreneurs and the work force gets employment

• The newly formed state of Telangana is bestowed with diverse land and

natural resources amenable to year round production of cereals, pulses, oil

seeds and different varieties of fruits and vegetables.

• It also has a dairy, poultry and animal products sector which is a sunrise area

is having immense potential but yet to be explored.

• An estimated 20-30 per cent of food produced in Telangana State is wasted

due to in adequate cold chain infrastructure and an organized food

processing industry with a large number of intermediaries.

• To make farming a sustainable livelihood option it is necessary to increase

food production and convert the surplus food production into value added

shelf stable food products

• This situation demands skilled human resource to translate the objectives

and to cater the needs of various governmental organisations

Telangana State Food Processing status

What a world without Food Technologists/ Food scientists would look like

-No way to keep food fresh & safe

-No check on Food adulteration

-No check on misuse of food additives

(like Food Colors, Flavours, Preservatives and MSG etc)

- No access to safe & quality foods

- Nutritional security would be a big question mark

- Nutrition would be a guessing game

- Food would look and taste bad

- Food would cost a lot more

- Meal would take all day to prepare

- Food would be unsafe to eat

- There wouldn't be enough food for everyone