Question

Who are food insecure people in urban and rural areas?

Answer 1

In rural areas people who are working in agricultural areas like poor farmers are more food insecure. They also find very difficult to sustain their life. In urban areas people working in I'll paid jobs like casual workers, vendors, domestic suppliers are prone to food insecurity.

Answer 2

In urban areas the food insecure families are those whose working members are generally employed in low paid occupations and casual labour market.

The most affected groups are landless people with little or no land to depend upon traditional artisans, providers of traditional services, petty self - employed workers.

A large of proportion of pregnant women is also food insecure.

The people who faced natural disasters are also poor.

A large group of section that are - SC's ,STs , OBCs are also poor.