Besides, measures have been introduced to improve the access to food of the poor people through public distribution and income generating schemes. (Some of the schemes have been highlighted in the paper.) The problem of underinvestment in agriculture as far as the status of India w.r.t. ...
As a source of supply for public distribution system and various other schemes to sustain food and nutrition security particularly of economically weaker sections.The Food Corporation of India is the key agency for procurement, storage and distribution of food grains. In addition to the requirements ...
Data are taken from relevant sources to analyse the gravity of the food security issues in India. It also covered the several development programmes taken up by the Indian government to counter various food security issues including several schemes and yojanas. 展开 ...
Although the street food sector plays an important role in urban food security, state-led food security measures in India have failed to provide a role for poor urban street food vendors to engage in the distribution and consumption of healthy foods. Instead, state-led food security schemes, ...
It identifies the target groups for these schemes and the eligibility requirements. Further, the essay analyzes the steps the US and India have taken to attain and maintain food security at the dome...
Social welfare schemes aimed at improving nutrition also focus on ensuring calorie sufficiency, neglecting quality and diversity of diets and behavioral change towards better nutrition. This paper provides a detailed review of the evolution of food policy in India and a way forward in the transition ...
Also read: Mosaic Viruses: Impact on Food Security India’s efforts towards Food Security The government has come out with several schemes and initiatives as action such as Eat Right India Movement POSHAN Abhiyan Food Fortification National Food Security Act Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS...
However, India's food security and public distribution schemes seem to be creating an imbalance as far as its international obligations are concerned. This imbalance appears primarily due to India's commitment to secure on the one hand, the rights of the poor with reference to food; and on ...
in the case of South Asian countries. Another gap is the absence, to our knowledge, of studies addressing global economic shocks, particularly global inflationary periods, which could significantly raise food prices, intensifying vulnerability to food security in South Asia. Moreover, apart from Ga...
The aim of this chapter is to contribute to the understanding of how public and private actors in developing countries react to global and national standards and to analyse the implications of diverse standards on smallholders in the fruit and vegetable