domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast …Local brands are rapidly emerging in food retail in Asia. However, it is not well understood what impact they have in …

Food problem became more severe after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, presenting a series challenges to … India’s agricultural sector. Even during good harvest years, food imports remain high. A large segment of people were poor … resulted in a drastic increase of farm products leading India to achieve self-sufficiency in food within a short period of time …

years in India. It is argued that India had a long tradition of informal social security and social assistance system … argued that the major security needs of the unorganised workers are food security, nutritional security, health security … calls for a Comprehensive, Universal and Integrated Social Security System for the unorganised workers in India. …

provides number of critical insights on conundrums in public distribution system in India by maximum Indian states and social …

The rush for land acquisition—primarily driven by food shortage and run for agrofuel—has drawn considerable attention … borders and exporting them back to mitigate the adverse effects of food insecurity. While the academic literature is not …; (ii) with attractive premium offered by host, land acquisition will undermine the avowed objective of mitigating food …

This paper deals with the role of speculation on food prices' fluctuations in Senegal. The analysis is based on a … the speculators who intervene on the food markets. The results corroborate the presence of speculation in food markets …

Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. It contains fourteen parts: introduction with the …, infrastructure and businesses; assessments of impacts on food industries; analysis of radioactive contamination of agri-food products …; evaluation of the effects on markets, consumers and international trade; analysis of effects on food regulation and inspection …

The March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant accident have had immense impacts on Japanese agri-food sector … agriculture, food industries and consumers as well as factors for persistence of negative impacts, and longer-term impacts on … Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. Nearly four years after the triple disaster, it gives …