Food Security in India: Trends, Patterns and Determinants

Kumar, A and Bantilan, M C S and Kumar, P and Kumar, S and Jee, S (2012) Food Security in India: Trends, Patterns and Determinants. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 67 (3). pp. 445-463. ISSN 0019-5014

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Abstract

The concept of food security has evolved, developed, multiplied and diversified since the first World Food Conference of 1974. There are close to 200 different definitions of the term, but the essence of all these definitions is similar. The most common and useful definition of food security is "food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical. social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life....

Item Type:	Article
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Subjects:	Others > Food and Nutrition Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User:	Mr Sanat Kumar Behera
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2013 06:28
Last Modified:	15 Apr 2013 03:18
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/6590
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