Food Security
REPORT ON THE STATE OF FOOD INSECURITY IN RURAL INDIA
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Centre for Research on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
World Food Programme The Food Aid Organization of the United Nations
REPORT ON THE STATE OF FOOD INSECURITY IN RURAL INDIA
Research Team
Prof V B Athreya (Co-ordinator) R V Bhavani G Anuradha R Gopinath A Sakthi Velan (Secretarial Assistance)
December 2008
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without permission.
ISBN: 81-88355-06-2
First Impression December 2008
Printed by Nagaraj and Company Private Limited Plot No. 156, Developed Plots Industrial Estate Perungudi, Chennai 600 096
Cover design by Nagaraj and Company Private Limited
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following pertains to all maps in this report:
Government of India, Copyright 2008.
The responsibility for the correctness of internal details rests with the publisher. The territorial waters of India extend into the sea to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate base line. The inter-state boundaries amongst Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya shown on this map are as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971, but have yet to be verified. The external boundaries and coastlines of India agree with the Record/Master Copy certified by Survey of India. The state boundaries between Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh, Bihar & Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh have not been verified by the Governments concerned. The spellings of names in this map, have been taken from various sources.
MSSRF/RR/08/18
WFP Disclaimer The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on the maps in this book do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the UN.
PREFACE
The M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the World Food Programme (WFP)
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Centre for Research on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
World Food Programme The Food Aid Organization of the United Nations
REPORT ON THE STATE OF FOOD INSECURITY IN RURAL INDIA
Research Team
Prof V B Athreya (Co-ordinator) R V Bhavani G Anuradha R Gopinath A Sakthi Velan (Secretarial Assistance)
December 2008
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without permission.
ISBN: 81-88355-06-2
First Impression December 2008
Printed by Nagaraj and Company Private Limited Plot No. 156, Developed Plots Industrial Estate Perungudi, Chennai 600 096
Cover design by Nagaraj and Company Private Limited
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following pertains to all maps in this report:
Government of India, Copyright 2008.
The responsibility for the correctness of internal details rests with the publisher. The territorial waters of India extend into the sea to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate base line. The inter-state boundaries amongst Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya shown on this map are as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971, but have yet to be verified. The external boundaries and coastlines of India agree with the Record/Master Copy certified by Survey of India. The state boundaries between Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh, Bihar & Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh have not been verified by the Governments concerned. The spellings of names in this map, have been taken from various sources.
MSSRF/RR/08/18
WFP Disclaimer The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on the maps in this book do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the UN.
PREFACE
The M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the World Food Programme (WFP)
References: 2 See work of Amrita Rangasami (1985), Stephen Devreux (2001) and Utsa Patnaik (1993) amongst others.