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Food Security

Food Security. Food Security in India. Food Security. Contents. What is Food Security. Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times. Availability. Accessibility. Affordability. Food Security. Availability. Accessibility.

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Food Security

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  1. Food Security Food Security in India

  2. Food Security Contents

  3. What is Food Security Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times. Availability Accessibility Affordability

  4. Food Security Availability Accessibility Affordability Availability Means Food production within the country, import from other countries and previous years stock. Accessibility means food is within reach of every person. Affordability implies that an individual has enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet one‘s dietary needs.

  5. How food security affected during a calamity? Destruction of agriculture Decrease in production Food shortage Starvation Lack of affordability Increase in price

  6. Food Security in India Since the advent of the Green Revolution in the early-’70s. India has become self-sufficient in food grains during the last thirty years because of a variety of crops grown all over the country. 250 200 150 100 50 1960-61 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 1970-71 Production of food grains in India ( Million Tons)

  7. Governmental measures for food security in India Food Security Public Distribution System Buffer Stock Buffer Stock is the stock of food grains, namely wheat and rice procured by the government through Food Corporation of India (FCI). T The food procured by the FCI is distributed through government regulated ration shops among the poorer section of the society. This is called the public distribution system (PDS).

  8. Public Distribution System ( PDS ) The PDS is functioning in India through the ration shops and fair price shops. Any family with a ration card can buy the reserved portion of food grains every months from the nearest ration shops at a subsidized price. There are three kinds of ration cards: (a) Antyodaya cards for the poorest of the poor; (b) BPL cards for those below poverty line; and (c) APL cards for all others.

  9. Current Status of PDS in India Note: W - Wheat; R - Rice; BPL - Below poverty line; APL - Above poverty line Source: Economic Survey

  10. Role of cooperatives in Food security The cooperatives are also playing an important role in food security in India especially in the southern and western parts of the country. The cooperative societies set up shops to sell low priced goods to poor people.

  11. Role of cooperatives in Food security Cooperative societies like these are ensuring the supply of quality food and food supplements throughout the country.

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