Food Security in India: A Case Study of Kandi Region of Punjab
Banishing hunger from the face of earth has been
frequently expressed in various international, national and regional
level conferences since 1974. Providing food security has become
important issue across the world particularly in developing countries.
In a developing country like India, where growth rate of population is
more than that of the food grains production, food security is a
question of great concern. According to the International Food Policy
Research Institute's Global Hunger Index, 2011, India ranks 67 of the
81 countries of the world with the worst food security status. After
Green Revolution, India became a food surplus country. Its
production has increased from 74.23 million tonnes in 1966-67 to
257.44 million tonnes in 2011-12. But after achieving selfsufficiency
in food during last three decades, the country is now
facing new challenges due to increasing population, climate change,
stagnation in farm productivity. Therefore, the main objective of the
present paper is to examine the food security situation at national
level in the country and further to explain the paradox of food
insecurity in a food surplus state of India i.e in Punjab at micro level.
In order to achieve the said objectives, secondary data collected from
the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agriculture department of Punjab
State was analyzed. The result of the study showed that despite
having surplus food production the country is still facing food
insecurity problem at micro level. Within the Kandi belt of Punjab
state, the area adjacent to plains is food secure while the area along
the hills falls in food insecure zone.
The present paper is divided into following three sections (i)
Introduction, (ii) Analysis of food security situation at national level
as well as micro level (Kandi belt of Punjab State) (iii) Concluding
Observations
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[1] Bastos Lima, "Sustainable Food Security for Local Communities in the
Globalized Era: a Comparative Examination of Brazilia and Canadian
Case Studies", Project Report, Waterloo, Ontario, 2008.
[2] UN, ÔÇÿUniversal Human Rights Declaration-, 1948, Retrieved, from
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html. on October 22, 2012
[3] United Nations, Report of the World Food Conference, Rome 5-16
November 1974. New York.
[4] Sen, A.K., Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and
Deprivation, Oxford University Press, U.S.A, 1981.
[5] Frankenberger, T. R. and Mc Caston, "The household livelihood
security concept", CARE, U.S.A, 2001 retrieved from www.fao.org/doc
on July 20th, 2012.
[6] Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), "World Food Security: a
Reappraisal of the Concepts and Approaches", Director
General-s Report, Rome, 1983.
[7] World Bank, "Poverty and Hunger: Issues and Options for Food
Security in Developing Countries", A World Bank Policy Study,
Washington D.C, 1986.
[8] Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), "The State of Food
Insecurity in the World", 2001, Report, retrieved from
http://www.fao.org on July 15th, 2012.
[9] Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), "The State of Food
Insecurity in the World", 2012, Report, retrieved from
http://www.fao.org on January 20th, 2012.
[10] World Bank, Annual Report, 2009, worldbank.org/annual report/2009.
[11] World Bank, Annual Report, 2012, worldbank.org/annual report/2012.
[12] World Food Programme Report, Italy, Rome, 2012 wfp.org.
[13] Dev, M. and Alakh N. Sharma, "Food Security in India: Performance,
Challenges and Policies", Oxfam India Working Paper Series,
September, 2010.
[14] The Economics Times, 2nd September, 2012.
[15] Radhakrishna, R. and Manoj Panda, "Macroeconomics of Poverty
Reduction: India Case Study", A study conducted by Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, 2006.
[16] Shergill, H.S., "Rural Credits and Indebtedness of Farmers in Punjab",
IDC, Chandigarh, 1998
[17] International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and Macro
International (2008), National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), India,
2005-06: Punjab. Mumbai: IIPS.
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frequently expressed in various international, national and regional
level conferences since 1974. Providing food security has become
important issue across the world particularly in developing countries.
In a developing country like India, where growth rate of population is
more than that of the food grains production, food security is a
question of great concern. According to the International Food Policy
Research Institute's Global Hunger Index, 2011, India ranks 67 of the
81 countries of the world with the worst food security status. After
Green Revolution, India became a food surplus country. Its
production has increased from 74.23 million tonnes in 1966-67 to
257.44 million tonnes in 2011-12. But after achieving selfsufficiency
in food during last three decades, the country is now
facing new challenges due to increasing population, climate change,
stagnation in farm productivity. Therefore, the main objective of the
present paper is to examine the food security situation at national
level in the country and further to explain the paradox of food
insecurity in a food surplus state of India i.e in Punjab at micro level.
In order to achieve the said objectives, secondary data collected from
the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agriculture department of Punjab
State was analyzed. The result of the study showed that despite
having surplus food production the country is still facing food
insecurity problem at micro level. Within the Kandi belt of Punjab
state, the area adjacent to plains is food secure while the area along
the hills falls in food insecure zone.
The present paper is divided into following three sections (i)
Introduction, (ii) Analysis of food security situation at national level
as well as micro level (Kandi belt of Punjab State) (iii) Concluding
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