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This paper investigates the effect of a food subsidy programme in India on child malnutrition by addressing the … respect to the unusually high incidence of malnutrition in India, and they are topical in the context of current and …
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, 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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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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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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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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A comparative study of the public distribution systems of foodgrains in India and China is expected to reveal lessons …
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The paper examines the imperative for improved classification and analysis of food crises in different fragile contexts. Recognizing the persistence and protracted nature of food crises, the paper questions how prevention and response mechanisms could be improved to help decisionmakers better...
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and whether they are suitable to detect undernutrition of individuals. In the analysis we identify the causes of food …, household food insecurity only explains a small share of child undernutrition. We call for more research on intra …
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This paper tries to characterize the current situation in the Philippines with respect to the goal of the Aquino administration to be food secure and self-sufficient in rice by 2016. Specifically, it aims to address the question: "Should the government continue its efforts in increasing rice...
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The projected changes in planted area, yield per area, net exports/imports and prices for five major agricultural crops in South Africa were simulated using the projections of four Global Circulation Models (GCMs) under three socio-economic scenarios. The GCM projections show consistent strong...
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