fundamental reform, recent policy changes have moved toward better targeting of food subsidies to low-income consumers … subsidized consumption. The pronounced market cycles and declining per capita consumption for India’s major food staples are … government costs with little impact on producers, consumers, or trade. Lower price supports would aid consumers at the cost of …

This thesis addresses 3 different aspects of food and poverty related problems in developing countries. The first essay … the non homogeneity of food products. This is realized by providing an estimate of the value of the good by means of a … hedonic food price model. A model is proposed that decomposes unit values into spatial price factors and a value component …

stages of the policy process. A desk review to analyze health and nutrition policies in India for evidence of attention to …To reduce child under nutrition in India, convergence from various sectors are required. The framework notes that … issues related to convergence must be resolved in relation to three major steps in the policy process: policy formulation …

The main attention on the food front in lndia ts five year plans has been focused on the question of under nutrition … rather than malnutrition. This pre occupation with the quantitative instead of the qualitative aspect of food problem is not …. However the main attention on the food front in lndiats five year plans has been focussed on the question of undernutrition …