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Enforcing the right to food in India: Bottlenecks in delivering the expected outcome
Cheriyan, George - 2006
Over the past decade, a series of events in India have brought the question of food security into sharp focus. Vast … Organization laws on agriculture and farmers, the media’s spotlight on starvation deaths and, finally, the Supreme Court of India … situation prevailing in India and reviews the obligations and initiatives by the government of India to ensure food security …
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Food Security in South Asia: Issues and Opportunities
Mittal, Surabhi; Sethi, Deepti - 2009
Food security is defined as economic access to food along with food production and food availability. Agriculture in the SAR (South Asian Region) is caught in a low equilibrium trap with low productivity of staples, supply shortfalls, high prices, low returns to farmers and area diversification...
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Energy Security, Food Security, and Economics of Sugarcane Bioethanol in India
Gunatilake, Herath; Abeygunawardena, Piya - 2011
, which brings destabilizing price effects on the economy and causes serious environmental problems like climate change. India … economic feasibility of sugarcane bioethanol in India while considering food security as a competing policy priority. The … analyses show that 20% blending of bioethanol cannot be achieved without affecting food production in India at the current …
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Demand-Supply Trends and Projections of Food in India
Mittal, Surabhi - 2008
The present paper presents the supply and demand trends of rice, wheat, total cereals, pulses, edible oil/oilseeds and sugar/sugarcane. It provides the demand and supply projections for food items during 2011, 2021 and 2026. These projections have been based on change in productivity levels,...
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Twenty K.R. Narayanan orations: Essays by eminent persons on the rapidly transforming Indian economy
Jha, Raghbendra (contributor) - 2021
needed a public forum with a global reach to involve the best minds working on economic development in India as well as to … honour its founder, Dr K.R. Narayanan, President of the Republic of India. The K.R. Narayanan Oration series was developed in … both an expert account of key aspects of the economic development process in India and a peek into India's potential in the …
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The public distribution systems of foodgrains and implications for food security: A comparison of the experiences of India and China
Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Wan, Guanghua - 2006
A comparative study of the public distribution systems of foodgrains in India and China is expected to reveal lessons …
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Nutrition improvement projects in Tanzania: Appropriate choice of institutions matters
Msuya, John M. - 1999
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Klimaschutz und Ernährungssicherheit: Ein globaler ordnungspolitischer Ansatz zur Nutzung der Atmosphäre als Weltgemeinschaftsgut
Presse, André; Häußner, Ludwig Paul; Köke, Sonja - 2011
gefordert), damit Indien und China mitmachen. Input-Orientierung: Wer Kohle, Öl und Gas in den Wirtschaftskreislauf einspeist …
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Policy barriers to a healthier diet: The case of trade and agriculture
Alta, Aditya; Auliya, Rachma; Fauzi, Azizah Nazzala - 2023
Improving nourishment and diets has become a priority for Indonesia. The stunting rate among under-five children in Indonesia at 24% is considered high and deserving of serious attention.Improving dietary diversity among children is essential to reduce the stunting rate and prevalence....
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Who Benefits from the Food-for-School Program and Tindahan Natin Program: Lessons in Targeting
Manasan, Rosario G.; Cuenca, Janet S. - 2007
The prevalence of hunger in the Philippines prompted the government to launch its hunger mitigation initiative in November 2005. The initiative consisted of two programs: the Food-for-School Program (FSP) and the Tindahan Natin Program (TNP). The FSP belongs to a class of social safety nets...
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