Towards a Food Secure India: Issues and PoliciesS. Mahendra Dev, Kappadath Parameswara Kannan, Nira Ramachandran Revised version of papers presented at a seminar organised by the Institute for Human Development and Centre for Economic and Social Studies, held at Hyderabad during 15-17 March 2000. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Productivity and Supply of Foodgrains in India | 33 |
Demand for Foodgrains by 2020 AD | 59 |
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agricultural all-India allocation Andhra Pradesh Assam availability average Bihar calorie calorie intake capita consumption cent cereal consumption coarse cereals commodities consumer consumption of cereals cost crops decile decline Delhi demand for foodgrains developing countries district drought economic elasticity employment ensure estimates expenditure factors families farmers fertiliser Food Calendar food security food subsidy foodgrain production foodgrains Government of India grains groups growth Haryana higher hunger improved income increase infrastructure input irrigation Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala landless machine labour Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra million tonnes months NSSO nutritional status off-take organised Orissa PDS dealers percentage period poor households population poverty line procurement programmes protein Public Distribution System Punjab Rajasthan reduce region requirements Research rural areas scheme secondary food system sector Source supply Table Tamil Nadu targeting TPDS urban areas Uttar Pradesh villages West Bengal World Bank