Towards a food secure India : Issues and policies / edited by Nagar Ranita Sharma Sooraj

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Publication details: New Delhi : Ruby Press 2014Description: 464 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9789382395584

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338.1954 NAG

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HD9016.I42 T59 2003

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Table of contents

Contents:

Acknowledgements 9 1. Introduction 11 S. Mahendra Dev, K.P. Kannan and Nira Ramachandran Part I: ESTIMATES OF DEMAND FOR AND SUPPLY OF FOODGRAINS IN INDIA 2. Productivity and Supply of Foodgrains in India 33 Praduman Kunhar and Surabhi Mittal 3. Demand for Foodgrains by 2020 AD 59 P.C. Bansil 4. Declining Per Capita Demand for Foodgrains in India: 89 Why and What Does This Imply? C.H. Hanumantha Rao Part II: RESPONSE TO MACRO POLICY AND GLOBALISATION 5. Economic Policies for Ensuring Food Security 105 Vijay S. Vyas 6. Towards Newer Paradigms of Food Security 113 Yoginder K. Alagh S7. World Trade Organisation and Food Security 132 S. Mahendra Dev Part III: REGIONAL SCENARIO 8. Hunger and Poverty in North-eastern States: 157 Implications for Food Security Amaresh Dubey and Orester Kharpuri 9. Food Security in Andhra Pradesh in 170 Retrospect and Prospect S. Indrakant and S. Harikishan 10. Food Security in a Regional Perspective: 186 A View from Food Deficit Kerala K.P. Kannan 11. Food Security Issues in a State of Large 207 Agricultural Instability: The Case of Rajasthan Vidya Sagar 12. Food and Power in Bihar and Jharkhand: 232 The Political Economy of the Functioning of the Public Distribution System Jos Mooij 13. The Paradox of Food Insecurity in a Food 254 Surplus State: The Case of Uttar Pradesh Nisha Srivastava Part IV: GRASS ROOTS EXPERIENCES 14. Food Security in a Drought-prone Area: 281 A Study in Karnataka VIM. Rao and R.S. Deshpande 15. Perspectives of Women on Food Security: A Case 293 Study of a Tribal Village in West Bengal, 1993 to 1998 Amitava Mukherjee 16. Learning from Micro-level Experiences in 323 Food Security: The Case of Mountain Villages in Uttaranchal Nira Ramachandran 17. Food Security System and Its Operation: 339 A Study of Some Villages in the District of Kalahandi, Orissa K. Sarap and M. Mahamallik Part V: EMERGING PERSPECTIVES 18. On Improving the Effectiveness of the 365 PDS in Achieving Food Security Shikha Jha and P.V. Srinivasan 19. The Dangers of Narrow Targeting: An Assessment 388 of the Targeted Public Distribution System Madhura Swaminathan 20. Policies for Nutrition: How Imperative are They? 406 M.H. Suryanarayana 21. Food Security and the Right to Food 433 Jean DrIze

Summary: Contributed papers presented at a national seminar held at Hyderabad during March 15-17, 2000.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements 9
1. Introduction 11
S. Mahendra Dev, K.P. Kannan and Nira Ramachandran
Part I: ESTIMATES OF DEMAND FOR AND
SUPPLY OF FOODGRAINS IN INDIA
2. Productivity and Supply of Foodgrains in India 33
Praduman Kunhar and Surabhi Mittal
3. Demand for Foodgrains by 2020 AD 59
P.C. Bansil
4. Declining Per Capita Demand for Foodgrains in India: 89
Why and What Does This Imply?
C.H. Hanumantha Rao
Part II: RESPONSE TO MACRO POLICY AND
GLOBALISATION
5. Economic Policies for Ensuring Food Security 105
Vijay S. Vyas
6. Towards Newer Paradigms of Food Security 113
Yoginder K. Alagh
S7. World Trade Organisation and Food Security 132
S. Mahendra Dev
Part III: REGIONAL SCENARIO
8. Hunger and Poverty in North-eastern States: 157
Implications for Food Security
Amaresh Dubey and Orester Kharpuri
9. Food Security in Andhra Pradesh in 170
Retrospect and Prospect
S. Indrakant and S. Harikishan
10. Food Security in a Regional Perspective: 186
A View from Food Deficit Kerala
K.P. Kannan
11. Food Security Issues in a State of Large 207
Agricultural Instability: The Case of Rajasthan
Vidya Sagar
12. Food and Power in Bihar and Jharkhand: 232
The Political Economy of the Functioning
of the Public Distribution System
Jos Mooij
13. The Paradox of Food Insecurity in a Food 254
Surplus State: The Case of Uttar Pradesh
Nisha Srivastava
Part IV: GRASS ROOTS EXPERIENCES
14. Food Security in a Drought-prone Area: 281
A Study in Karnataka
VIM. Rao and R.S. Deshpande
15. Perspectives of Women on Food Security: A Case 293
Study of a Tribal Village in West Bengal, 1993 to 1998
Amitava Mukherjee
16. Learning from Micro-level Experiences in 323
Food Security: The Case of Mountain
Villages in Uttaranchal
Nira Ramachandran
17. Food Security System and Its Operation: 339
A Study of Some Villages in the District
of Kalahandi, Orissa
K. Sarap and M. Mahamallik
Part V: EMERGING PERSPECTIVES
18. On Improving the Effectiveness of the 365
PDS in Achieving Food Security
Shikha Jha and P.V. Srinivasan
19. The Dangers of Narrow Targeting: An Assessment 388
of the Targeted Public Distribution System
Madhura Swaminathan
20. Policies for Nutrition: How Imperative are They? 406
M.H. Suryanarayana
21. Food Security and the Right to Food 433
Jean DrIze

Contributed papers presented at a national seminar held at Hyderabad during March 15-17, 2000.

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