FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA

FOOD SECURITY MEAN...

Availabil ity

Accessibil ity Aff ordabil ity

ENSURING FOOD SECURITY

• Enough food is available for all the persons

• All persons have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality

NEED FOR FOOD SECURITY

poor sections

of the society

Natural disasters

or calamityWidespread crop failure

How drought affects food security?Drought takes place

Totalproduction of food grains

Shortage of food in the affected areas

Prices

Some peoplecannot afford to buy food = Food

Insecurity

STARVATION• If such calamity happens in a very wide spread

area or is stretched over a longer time period, it may cause a situation of starvation.

FAMINE• A massive starvation might take a turn of

famine.

Food Insecure Groups

Hunger, another aspect of Food Insecurity

Inadequate diet for a long

time

Poor people suffer from chronic hunger

Chronic Hunger Due agricultural

activities-rural regions & urban

areas- casual labour

When a person is unable to get work for the entire year

Seasonal Hunger

ON THE OTHER HAND…

‘WASTAGE’

Increasing Nuclear

Families and Working Women

Increasing spends on

health foods

Food Processing Demand

DriversChanging

demographics – Rise in incomes

Organised Retail and

Private Label Penetration

Increasing Urbanisation – Lifestyle and Aspirations

Demand for Functional Foods

India’s attempts at attaining Food Security

Highest Growth

Punjab and Haryana

Tamil Nadu and Andhra

Pradesh

Low Growth

Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh

Bihar, Orissa and the N-E

states

Green Revolution: Food grain Production

India’s Food Security System

Buffer Stock

Public Distribution

System

Food Security

System of India

Government schemes

CONCLUSION

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Presented by- Sudhanshu Kathuria & Vidushi Panda

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