Food Security in India: The Imperative and Its Challenges

Narayanan, Sudha

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“…The enduring food security challenge in India is a clear policy priority, as evidenced by the 2013 National Food Security Act and the 2018 National Nutritional Mission (Aurino & Morrow, 2018;Narayanan, 2015). The prioritisation of food security in the policy agenda is reflected in a number of food programmes, such as the Public Distribution Scheme, the Midday-Meal Scheme (the largest school feeding program in the world), and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Act Scheme.…”

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“…The prioritisation of food security in the policy agenda is reflected in a number of food programmes, such as the Public Distribution Scheme, the Midday-Meal Scheme (the largest school feeding program in the world), and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Act Scheme. The Indian food security problem does not arise from constrained food supply, but rather to its inequitable distribution, and the lack of an "enabling" environment apt to convert food into adequate nutrition and the capability to be food secure over time (Narayanan, 2015;Sen & Dreze, 1999). Despite decades of persistent economic growth and increases in food production, sustained access to adequate and diverse food continues to be a challenge for large shares of the Indian population.…”

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Inequalities in adolescent learning: Does the timing and persistence of food insecurity at home matter?

Aurino

Fledderjohann

Vellakkal

2019

Economics of Education Review

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Highlights  We investigated adolescent learning disparities by household food insecurity trajectories during childhood in a large emerging economy  "Value-added" models of achievements included early-life cognition and extensive child and household controls  Heterogeneity by timing of occurrence and persistence of food insecurity, and by skill, was present  Chronic household food insecurity and early childhood food security at home followed by later food security were the largest predictors of impaired cognitive skills at 12 years  Food security programmes may have important learning spillovers

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Section: Food Insecurity In Indiamentioning

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Section: Food Insecurity In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Inequalities in adolescent learning: Does the timing and persistence of food insecurity at home matter?

Aurino

Fledderjohann

Vellakkal

2019

Economics of Education Review

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“…Por otra parte, los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible 2030 de las Naciones Unidas asignan una alta prioridad a la seguridad alimentaria para erradicar el hambre del mundo (Kline, 2017;Narayanan, 2015). La adaptación de los sistemas alimentarios, para disminuir el riesgo frecuente de las enfermedades y la salud es vital para garantizar la seguridad alimentaria (Cook y Frank, 2008).…”

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Cuestiones Ambientales y Seguridad Alimentaria en el Cantón Guano, Ecuador

Andrade¹,

Ayaviri

2017

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ResumenLa presente investigación tiene como objetivo estudiar las cuestiones ambientales que afectan la producción del cultivo de papa (solanum tuberosum) y su relación con la seguridad alimentaria del cantón Guano, Ecuador. Para ello, se aplicó una encuesta dirigida a la población rural para construir un modelo de regresión lineal simple, que se complementa con observación de campo y entrevistas. Los principales hallazgos son destrucción de páramos, incremento de plagas y enfermedades en los cultivos, contaminación ambiental con basura doméstica y heladas. Las causas que originaron los cambios ambientales mencionados son el uso excesivo de pesticidas, falta de tratamiento de basura doméstica, monocultivo y la deforestación provocada por el crecimiento de la frontera agrícola. Se concluye que los cambios ambientales han afectado la producción de papa, pero no determina ni compromete la seguridad alimentaria de la población. Palabras clave: cuestiones ambientales; producción de papa; seguridad alimentaria; alimentos Environmental Issues and Food Security in Guano, Ecuador AbstractThe objective of this research was to study how the environmental issues affect the production of potato (solanum tuberosum) and its relationship with food security in Guano-Ecuador. To do this, a survey was conducted on a rural population in order to construct a simple linear regression model, which was complemented by field observations and interviews. The main findings were moorland's destruction, increase of pests and diseases in the crops, environmental contamination with domestic waste, and frost. These environmental changes were the result of the excessive use of pesticides, lack of domestic waste treatment, monoculture, and deforestation caused by the growth of the agricultural frontier. In summary, the environmental changes have affected potato production, but they do not determine or compromise the food security of the population.

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“…Despite the large increase in production, access to food continues to be a serious issue especially in the context of extraordinarily highinflation rates in food commodities in recent years and limited access in large parts of the country to high-quality diets. The imperative that the challenge of food security derives also from recent evidence from India and elsewhere suggests that income growth might not always translate fully or quickly enough to improvements in the health nutritional status [6].…”

Section: Malnutrition -An Impediment To Achieve Food Securitymentioning

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Can we have an Organised Sustainable Agriculture System that can Ensure Food Security in Over Populated India? - An Overview

2018

EESRR

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Agriculture practices vary from place to place. Even concepts and methodologies need to be changed, taking in to consideration a region`s ecosystem peculiarities and socio-economic aspects. From time to time decisions are taken by the concerned focusing on the problem on hand, ignoring or not worrying about repercussions of any decisions taken to overcome the problem on hand. At a later stage when setbacks of significant nature crop up critics pounce on the decisions taken earlier, forgetting decisions and execution mechanisms do change with time and our focus should be to take steps that can improve the situation, instead of wasting our energies in finding reasons for spilled milk. Green Revolution was hailed in India for bailing us out of a tricky situation in 1960s and 1970s.In the process the introduction of chemical fertilizers, chemical pesticides led to deterioration of soil fertility and overall environmental degradation. While there is a definite necessity to improve our soil fertility and proper usage of depleted water resources, it is essential to take up any steps that can help India as a single entity and not a disjointed forty and odd independent segments. Stringent measures are needed to ensure proper Food Grain production and distribution, eliminating various bottlenecks. This aspect is detailed explicitly in the present article. Food Security, in its real sense, can be achieved only when affordable nutritious food is available to one and all. If mal nutrition continues to exist India cannot achieve sustainable Food Security. India needs to address this basic aspect in a focused way. At the same time it has to be vigilant in meeting World Trade Organisation (WTO) requisites to overcome unpleasant criticism by WTO fellow members. A detailed overview of this aspect along with steps needed to overcome bottle necks using viable area specific low cost technology is covered in this article.

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Food Security in India: The Imperative and Its Challenges

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Cited by 52 publications

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Inequalities in adolescent learning: Does the timing and persistence of food insecurity at home matter?

Inequalities in adolescent learning: Does the timing and persistence of food insecurity at home matter?

Cuestiones Ambientales y Seguridad Alimentaria en el Cantón Guano, Ecuador

Can we have an Organised Sustainable Agriculture System that can Ensure Food Security in Over Populated India? - An Overview

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