Achieving Zero Hunger in India : Challenges and Policies / edited by S. Mahendra Dev, A. Ganesh-Kumar, Vijay Laxmi Pandey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahendra Dev, S.

Contributor:

Ganesh-Kumar, A. (Anand), 1966-

Pandey, Vijay Laxmi.

Series:

India Studies in Business and Economics, 2198-0020

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Agriculture.

Sociology.

Nutrition.

Food.

Food security.

Agricultural Economics.

Sociology of Food and Nutrition.

Food Security.

Local Subjects:

Agricultural Economics.

Sociology of Food and Nutrition.

Food Security.

Nutrition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This open access volume discloses rich set of findings and policy recommendations for India towards achieving the SDG 2.1 target of zero hunger by 2030. Through its fourteen chapters, it takes an integrated approach by examining diverse aspects of food and nutrition security through multidisciplinary lens of Agricultural Economics, Nutrition, Crop Sciences, Anthropology and Law, while being rooted in economics. The chapters reflect this diversity in disciplines in terms of the questions posed, the data sets used, and the methodologies followed. Starting from the evolution of policy response for hunger and nutrition security, the book covers aspects such gender budgeting, dietary diversity, women’s empowerment, calorie intake norms, socio-legal aspects of right to health, subjective wellbeing, bio-fortification, crop insurance and food security linkages, interdependence of public distribution system (for food security) and employment guarantee schemes especially during COVID-19 pandemic, effects of dairy dietary supplements, and so on. With its rich discussions, the book is compelling for students, researchers, policy makers, development professionals and practitioners working in areas of food and nutrition security, SDGs, in particular SDG1, SDG2 and SDG5, and sustainable food systems. .

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction and Synthesis of the Book

Chapter 2. Evolution of India’s Policy Response to Hunger. Nutrition and Food Security Since Independence

Chapter 3. Are Gender Budgets Necessary for Reducing Inequalities in Health Outcomes? An Exploratory Analysis

Chapter 4. Food Security in Rural Bihar: Findings from a Longitudinal Survey

Chapter 5. Food Security Atlas of Rural Jharkhand

Chapter 6. Milk Consumption Pattern of Young children: A Relook at the Indian Evidence

Chapter 7. Revisiting Women’s Empowerment as an Agriculture-Nutrition Pathway Using the Framework of Intersectionality

Chapter 8. A Search for Appropriate Calorie Intake Norm for Indian States

Chapter 9. Socio-Legal Analysis of the Impact of Food Insecurity and Hunger on Right to Health of Urban Poor Living in the State of Gujarat

Chapter 10. Subjective Wellbeing of Women in The Marine Fisherfolk of Kerala: Anthropological Insights on Life Experience, Attitude and Life Satisfaction

Chapter 11. Exploring The Prevalence of Undernutrition and Consumers’ Knowledge, Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Bio-Fortified Food

Chapter 12. Does Crop Insurance Promote Nutrition and Good Health among Women and Children in the Agrarian Households of India?- Chapter 13. Dietary diversity and anaemia among women: A study of four Indian states

Chapter 14. Gendering Tribal Food Security in Uttar Pradesh.

ISBN:

981-9944-13-9

OCLC:

1422246512