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The government is doing a good job by increasing the security of food.The government has been using many type of initiatives for food security. The main thing is that even if the government is sending in a securised but the shipkeepers are not.government needs to see this things.
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With a five-fold increase in food grain production from 50 million tonnes in 1950-51 to about 250 million tonnes in 2014-15, India has moved away from dependence on food aid to become a net food exporter. In 2016, the government launched a number of programmes to double farmers’ incomes by 2022. These seek to remove bottlenecks for greater agricultural productivity, especially in rain-fed areas. They include: the National Food Security Mission, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), the Integrated Schemes on Oilseeds, Pulses, Palm oil and Maize (ISOPOM), Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the e-marketplace, as well as a massive irrigation and soil and water harvesting programme to increase the country’s gross irrigated area from 90 million hectares to 103 million hectares by 2017.
The government has also taken significant steps to combat under- and malnutrition over the past two decades, such as through the introduction of mid-day meals at schools, anganwadi systems to provide rations to pregnant and lactating mothers, and subsidised grain for those living below the poverty line through a public distribution system. The National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, aims to ensure food and nutrition security for the most vulnerable through its associated schemes and programmes, making access to food a legal right.
UN Support
To address the linked nutrition and livelihood challenges in India and to ensure that vulnerable groups are not left behind, the UN priority group partners with the government to scale-up nutrition services and improve feeding and caring practices in the home. It assists government efforts to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the safety nets under the NFSA, and work towards increasing farm incomes for small and marginal farming households. The group provides support the strengthening of agriculture and livelihood dimensions of anti-poverty programmes, particularly the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the National Rural Livelihoods Mission.
Led by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the priority groups members include the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and World Food Programme (WFP).
Zero Hunger Challenge The Zero Hunger vision reflects five elements from within the SDGs, which taken together, can end hunger, eliminate all forms of malnutrition, and build inclusive and sustainable food systems.
Zero Hunger Challenge in India The Zero Hunger Challenge (ZHC) recognises that eradicating hunger is multi-dimensional and that countries need to move beyond an approach that focuses on food production, to work towards achieving progress on five specific pillars. The ZHC is extremely relevant for India; home to 18% of the world’s population, 25% of the country’s people go hungry.
Food is Life – Save Food The high level of post-harvest losses and food waste in Asia and the Pacific pose a threat to food security.
Improving Child Nutrition through Rice Fortification The World Food Programme in India, in partnership with the Government of Odisha, is implementing a two-year project in Gajapati District to improve nutrition through rice fortification in nearly 1,500 schools through the mid-day meal scheme.
Rayagada’s Journey in Food Distribution Reform The World Food Project’s pilot in Rayagada, Odisha reached a population of over a million people through nearly 400 Fair Price Shops and provided a learning opportunity for the formulation of an efficient Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
WFP Innovating with India Over the last few years, WFP has transitioned from the direct delivery of food aid to providing advice and technical support to the Government of India to improve delivery of subsidised food through the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
Addressing Food Insecurity in India Torben Due, Country Director, WFP India on India’s progress in addressing food insecurity and becoming a food exporting country
Eradicating Hunger in our Lifetime Peter Kenmore, FAO Representative in India (2012 – 2014) on eradicating hunger and malnutrition
Zero Stunting Dean Spears, Delhi School of Economics and research institute for compassionate economics (r.i.c.e.), on the links between sanitation and stunting.
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