Food insecurity in India's agricultural heartland : the economics of hunger in Punjab / Harpreet Kaur Narang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Narang, Harpreet Kaur, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--India--Punjab.

Food security.

Food supply--India--Punjab.

Food supply.

Punjab (India)--Economic conditions.

Punjab (India).

Punjab (India)--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Summary:

India is home to the world's largest hungry population and has a long way to go before it is anywhere near the mammoth task of achieving the United Nations' goal of ending hunger in 2030. It is ironic that this book raises the issue of 'Hunger' in a state where it is least expected. Punjab is a state with mountains of food grains and overflowing godowns, with highest yields, and largest area under irrigation. Not only that, it is the Green Revolution state of India, that has played the most prominent role in helping India achieve its goal of food self-sufficiency. By investigating the hydra-headed concept of food security in Indian Punjab, this book brings to fore the different dimensions of the deprivation of human capabilities and the intricate relationship between food security and economy, ecology, and state policy.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2022).

ISBN:

0-19-269158-9

0-19-195734-8

0-19-269157-0