India should buy this company or do something very similar. I mean the country India, the government. This could be a big step towards solving hunger. We should look for optimizing mass production. And it reduces cost of wood or gas, distribution and packaging wastage, spoilt food and the like.
To take my country's example, this should just be free. If people are hungry, get our desi version of solyent. Nobody is forced to have it, yet they have better nutrition than anyone else right now including the rich people eating unhealthy fried stuff.
If the government of Indian bought it and then managed it like the existing ration system that would not necessarily actually improve the lives of the intended beneficiaries.
Sure. I am not disagreeing that management needs to improve.
What I'm saying is that the future of rationing should be this, not the current system. The current system does not ensure nutritional value and there are other expenses involved in preparing a meal. As a country of 1.2B the basic meal (a packet of desi-solyent or whatever) should be free.
This of course applies to all countries and all such public distribution systems. I just used India for an example.
As an Indian. I think what our government needs to do is stream line the food distribution network and get products directly to consumers. Just doing this alone can solve some thing like 50% of the problems. Secondly they can start by leasing out large parts of underutilized land to agriculture related companies so that they can produce grains/vegetables/fruits etc in mass. Thirdly, to increase automation they can start by implementing tax friendly policies for machinery import so that human effort in agriculture can be reduced by bringing in machinery. Fourthly, to lay down a long term policy for irrigation infrastructure.
The problems with Indian agriculture system currently is too much fragmentation, middle men, lack of a well managed structure and distribution network. Too many people manually doing jobs and no mass production.
And soylent is quite expensive. $70 for one person, for 21 days? That is 4200 rupees for one person for not even half a month. With a little extra money you can feed a family of 2-3 on a good vegetarian diet here.
Soylent is just fancy Bournvita/Horlics/Complan/Boost/etc.
To take my country's example, this should just be free. If people are hungry, get our desi version of solyent. Nobody is forced to have it, yet they have better nutrition than anyone else right now including the rich people eating unhealthy fried stuff.