Vivek Arora, principal lead FFRC at Food Safety and Standards Organization of India (FSSAI) enlightened the audience at the Seminar with FSSAI’s Eat Right Initiative, its key functions and elaborated on the importance of Eat Safe, Eat Healthy, and Eat Sustainable. He also stressed that to conserve the environment there is a need to bring in more technologies to improve efficiencies in agricultural practices.

Mr. Arora was speaking at the day-long seminar organized by the World Food Trust on “Sustainable Agriculture and India towards Total Food Security” held at New Delhi.

Mr. Arora added: “We should also look at adopting big data and analytics which will not only mitigate the risk of climate change to the farmers but would also ensure the modern and efficient methods of production based on the evaluation of the changing consumer demands. Blockchain technology is one such technique that can be used for traceability and transparency along the food chain.” Further, Mr. Arora demanded a collaborative approach between the stakeholders, including the government, producers, international bodies, and consumers, to improve food security, safety, and nutrition.