Spiraling food prices and low productivity in Indian Agriculture has made food security a cause of great concern, more so in rural India (FAO, 2011; ADB, 2011; Kaur 2013; IFAD, 2011). Despite India’s good economic performance, it is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world. In the ranking...

Densely populated South Asia faces the challenge of reducing hunger and food insecurity while combating vulnerability to climate change, natural disasters and conflicts. Home to about 36 per cent of the undernourished people in the world, the region (along with Middle East and North Africa and...

Employment elasticity with respect to agriculture value added in South Asia has weakened in recent years. While crop diversification has grown and value added per hectare also grew, employment growth was sluggish. However, the linkages between farm and non-farm employment remain strong. Drawing...