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International Journal of Research in Commerce, IT and Management, May 12, 2013
Food insecurity is undoubtedly one of major crisis facing by mankind. Malnutrition is chronic pro... more Food insecurity is undoubtedly one of major crisis facing by mankind. Malnutrition is chronic problem and number of people suffering from malnutrition has been steadily increasing in recent years. India is facing tremendous challenges in providing nutritious, healthy, and stable diets to growing population. In recent decades, demographic and economic growth has challenged the limits of economic, social and ecological sustainability, which questioned about food security at the regional, national as well as global level. Despite technological advances that have modernized the conditions of production and distribution of food, hunger and malnutrition still threaten the health as well as well-being of the millions of people. Food insecurity exists when people are undernourished as a result of physical unavailability, lack of social or economic access and inadequate food utilisation. This truncation or shortness of human development undermines a country's potential for economic development. A number of attempts have been made at national as well as at state level to study the problem of food security. But problem of food insecurity has become more serious in the last two decades in India. The present study is an attempt to analyse the causes, extent and effects of food insecurity and to identify the discrepancies in the system, find the ways to remove the anomalies and to make the mechanism more effective for achieving food as well as nutritional security to all in general and weaker sections in particular.
International Journal of Research in Social Sciences, 2014
International Journal of Research in Commerce, IT and Management, May 12, 2013
Food insecurity is undoubtedly one of major crisis facing by mankind. Malnutrition is chronic pro... more Food insecurity is undoubtedly one of major crisis facing by mankind. Malnutrition is chronic problem and number of people suffering from malnutrition has been steadily increasing in recent years. India is facing tremendous challenges in providing nutritious, healthy, and stable diets to growing population. In recent decades, demographic and economic growth has challenged the limits of economic, social and ecological sustainability, which questioned about food security at the regional, national as well as global level. Despite technological advances that have modernized the conditions of production and distribution of food, hunger and malnutrition still threaten the health as well as well-being of the millions of people. Food insecurity exists when people are undernourished as a result of physical unavailability, lack of social or economic access and inadequate food utilisation. This truncation or shortness of human development undermines a country's potential for economic development. A number of attempts have been made at national as well as at state level to study the problem of food security. But problem of food insecurity has become more serious in the last two decades in India. The present study is an attempt to analyse the causes, extent and effects of food insecurity and to identify the discrepancies in the system, find the ways to remove the anomalies and to make the mechanism more effective for achieving food as well as nutritional security to all in general and weaker sections in particular.
International Journal of Research in Social Sciences, 2014