This article estimates the proportion of grain "diverted" from the Public Distribution System (PDS) to the open market …

Home to over 25 per cent of the world’s hungry poor, India faces major food security challenges and the situation has … barely improved in two decades. Will the National Food Security Bill that the Indian Parliament is expected to pass this … month alleviate the country’s food insecurity? [RSIS Commentaries No. 012/2012]. URL …

The overall goal of this paper is to analyse the political economy of food price policies in China during the global … food crisis. The results show that given China’s unique economic and political context and the nature of its agricultural …

A key driver of foreign investment in land, food security is a challenge mankind has been confronted with in various … has been limited by nature or wars, food shortages ensued. The key solution has always been migration when possible …, fuel and food. This is leading to the further exploitation of previously unused land. [DB research]. URL …

themes namely, (i) education, learning resources, curriculum development and training, (ii) food processing, use of …

This study aims to investigate the impact of CFPR/TUP programme on the food and nutrient consumption. The report is … presented in two parts- the first part is based on the comparison of food and energy intake data between 2002 and 2004 to assess … the changes in food consumption among the ultra poor households over the period. The second part describes the differences …

food is cooked and served within the schools premises, and the centralized model where an external organization, often …, providing adequate quality and quantity of food to children, and serving as a source of employment for women or lower caste … operates; and nine schools in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where the decentralized model operates, the food being cooked in kitchens …