Bill Pritchard, Anu Rammohan, Madhushree Sekher, S. Parasuraman, Chetan Choithani

Feeding India (eBook, ePUB)

Livelihoods, Entitlements and Capabilities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Food security is one of the twenty-first century's key global challenges, and lessons learned from India have particular significance worldwide. This book explains how India's chronic food security problem is a function of a distinctive interaction of economic, political and environmental processes and lack of understanding in policy-making communities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136304798
• Artikelnr.: 39449350

Autorenporträt

Bill Pritchard is Associate Professor of Human Geography in the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney.

Anu Rammohan is Professor of Economics in the School of Business, University of Western Australia.

Madhushree Sekher is Professor and Chairperson of the Centre for Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

S. Parasuraman is Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Chetan Choithani is a doctoral candidate in Human Geography in the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney and a holder of the Prime Minister's Australia-Asia Endeavour Fellowship.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction 2. The Dynamics of Under-nutrition in India 3. Holding Out
the Begging Bowl No More: India as Food Self-sufficient but Food Insecure
4. Food Security through Agriculture-based Livelihood Strategies 5. Food
Security through the Non-agricultural Economy 6. Food Security through
Social Safety Net Programs 7. India's Brave New World of Food Security
Policy: E-Governance and Cash Transfers 8. Conclusion
Readers should note that the maps of India in this publication do not
purport to represent the official borders of India but are used for
indicative purposes only.