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ABOUT THE BOOK
Food remains fundamental to the very existence of living beings starting from tiny insects and bacteria to the plants, trees and animals to human beings on this planet. Without food no human civilization will survive on this earth. Had there not been hunger in living beings, the very purpose of creation by God would have been nullified. It is the hunger and necessity of food that plays a pivotal role in human life. But food must be adequate and nutritious for all the people starting from child to the old. With the burgeoning of population on this earth, dwindling of arable land, water scarcity and scarcity of resources the availability of food for all the people on an equitable and equity basis has remained as of today a far away goal. The problem of food crisis has been exacerbated by the climate change due to human interference into the functioning of nature in the name of development and industrialization. What has turned the issue worst is the unequal distribution of food within a country and between and among countries. There are rich industrialized North countries whose food intake and consumption in terms of quantity, quality, nutrition and durability is much higher than that of the poor developing countries. This present book is an excellent compendium of articles received from a host of eminent scholars and experts in this filed who have dealt with various issues of food crisis in general and in the context of Asia.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Prof. Narottam Gaan, both Ph.D and D.Litt at present Professor and Head, Department of Political Science and Human Rights, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (Central University), Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh is an eminent and widely acclaimed scholar in Political Science and International Studies. Not being lured by the lucre of Allied Services (ICS) he preferred to stay in the academic life. Publication of more than 100 articles and research papers of international repute in various journals in India and abroad, and thirteen books stand as a testament to his illuminating scholarship on contemporary global and national issues. Privileged to visit Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia on an Austrian government fellowship, he attended innumerable conferences and programmes abroad and obtained Advanced degree in international studies from European University Center for Peace Studies, Austria. In recognition of his great contribution to peace and harmony of the world through his inspiring articles and presentations he has been adorned with Ambassador of Peace Award by Universal Peace Foundation, South Korea on 10th September, 2014.
Dr. Sandhyarani Das currently working as Associate Professor of Economics. She has 28 years of teaching experience. She has authored one book, and 50 research papers in leading journals of National and International repute and Chapters in edited books on different aspects of Economics and Management. Eight research scholars have earned their Ph.D degree and twenty one have earned M.Phil degree under her supervision. She has participated in 10 international and 50 national conferences.
Aruna Kumar Nishanka, is Lecturer in Economic sat Narasighpur College, Cuttack, under Utkal University , Bhubaneswar . Apart from pursuing his Ph.D in Economics in Berhampur University, Odisha he regularly writes in news papers. He has already published 120 newspaper articles on different local as well as English news papers. To his credit he has attended many conferences and seminars in India.
CONTENTS
Preface .............................5
List of Contributors .............................13
1. Nutri-Agriculture: Pathway to a Zero Hunger India .............................17
M S Swaminathan
2. Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia .............................35
Sudhansubala Das and Narottam Gaan
3. Food Security in Odisha .............................71
Sandhya Rani Das
4. Household Food Security in Developing Countries .............................85
Nkiru Nwamaka Ezeama
5. Community Involvement in Public Goods Provision: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ghana .............................105
Thomas F. Walker
6. Farmers’ Perception on Rainfall and its Impacts on Investment, Output and Food Security in Swaziland .............................135
Sipho Felix Mamba
7. Achieving Nutritional Food Security Raising Pulses Output and Arresting Price-Rise in India .............................147
Gopal Kalkoti
8. Food Security in India: Issues and Strategies .............................163
Parveen Kumar
9. Ending ‘Mal’ nutrition-Food Security and Far Beyond! .............................179
Pavan Pandey and Sushrut Sharma
10. Calorie Availability to Realise Food Security: Some Evidences in the District of Burdwan.............................209
Maniklal Adhikary and Khokon Sarkar
11. Food Security: Concept, Determinants and Initiatives in India ............................223
Milan Banik
12. QuantitativeAssessment: Beneficiary Nutritional Status and Performance of ICDS Supplementary Nutrition Programme in Bihar.............................237
Andrew Fraker, Neil Buddy Shah and Ronald Abraham
13. Children's Development Baby Steps in Odisha .............................251
Reetika Khera
14. The Goal and Realities of Food Security - The Way Forward.............................267
K. Baby
15. Seeds, Soil and Survival: Towards a Saner Agricultural Future.............................281
Ashish Kothari
16. Food Security, FTA and Trade Protectionism in Asian Countries.............................289
Aruna Kumar Nishanka
17. VariousApproaches for Sustainable Food and Nutritional Security.............................303
B.P. Mahapatra and B. Patra
18. Technologies for Enhancement of Agriculture
Production and Sustainability of Rural Livelihoods .............................315
Rekha Dhanai and R.S. Negi
19. Aadhaar Enabled Public Distribution System (AEPDS) in Jharkhand.............................327
Dipti Paridhi Kindo
20. Feeding the Hungry Assessing the Imperative of FSA .............................335
Samit Kar
21. Impact of Climate Change on Food Security:A Conceptual Analysis.............................351
Bijayalaxmi Mohanta and Amit Kumar Jena
22. Empowering Small Farmers for Their Food Security Accelerating Flow of Institutional Credit.............................361
Mahendra Patel
23. Food Security in India - Challenges and New Initiatives Ahead.............................375
P. Srivatsa
24. From Food Crisis to Food Security: A Critical Perspective .............................389
Subhash Sharma
Index 411
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