implementation at the national, regional and international levels. …

address rural and urban food wastage. [Policy Brief No. 17]. URL …Food wastage is prevalent in Southeast Asia and has significant implications for the region’s food, environmental and … economic security. It is likely that the region wastes approximately 33 per cent of food, but accurate estimates are not …

This paper reviews the available literature that links regional food security to the Mekong River’s wild capture … fisheries, and argues for recognition of the existing contribution that the fisheries make to regional development. With a focus …

As the world becomes increasingly urban, food demand will come mainly from people living in cities while there will be … fewer rural farmers producing food on less land with less water. Cities can play a bigger role in food security. But to …

This paper examines the efficacy of the current system of public foodgrains management and policies in promoting food …

processes that produces and consumes agricultural commodities on farms, transforms them into food in the marketing sector and … sells the food, to customen to satisfy nutritional, aesthetic and social needs. URL:[http://wcd.nic.in/]. …

A Bill to provide for food and nutritional security, in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate … quantity of quality food at affordable prices, for people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or … incidental thereto. Comments/suggestions on the draft Bill may be sent upto 30.09.2011 by email to ecoadv.fpd@nic.in. URL:[http://fcamin.nic.in/dfpd_html/Draft_National_Food_Security_Bill.pdf]. …

National Food Security Bill. After due deliberations and wide ranging consultations, the NAC finalized the details of the basic … framework of the proposed National Food Security Bill at its meeting held on 23 October, 2010. Based on the recommendations … already communicated to the Government, as a first step towards preparing the draft National Food Security Bill, a detailed …

food security. It supplements (i) the NAC recommendations on food security released on 23 October 2010; and (ii) the NAC … Framework Note on the Draft National Food Security Bill released on 21 January 2011.http://nac.nic.in/foodsecurity/explanatory_note.pdf …

Among the major challenges currently faced by humanity are food security and climate change. Agriculture plays a … significant role in both. Adapting to climate change is expected to be an increasing issue for agriculture and food security in … gases. This significant contribution can be achieved not only without jeopardizing food security but also while promoting …