This document compares food security in India to other countries and identifies areas for improvement. While India has high food production, 29% of the world's undernourished people are in India. India also has high rates of underweight and stunted children compared to other nations. Gender inequality is also a factor, as women have less access to resources. To improve, India can learn from community farming practices and promoting indigenous crops in other countries. It can also strengthen public storage and food distribution through public-private partnerships while revising policies to better target the food insecure population. Giving women more economic opportunities could boost agricultural output and reduce hunger.

1. Food Security in INDIA,
in Comparison to other Countries
PRESENTED TO : PROF. SUDHIR
PROF. SHRAVAN
PRESENTED BY: GAURAV GADVYE
NIKHIL MODI
VAMSIKRISHNA TALLAMRAJU

2. INDEX
 Introduction to Food Security.
 How does India Fare with respect to other countries in
context to Food Security.
 What can India learn from other countries for increasing
the efficiency of Food Security.

3. INTRODUCTION

4. Food Security - Meaning
• Food Security exists, when all people, at all times, have
physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and
nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food
preference for an active and healthy life.
(World Food Summit, Rome, 1996)

5. Four dimensions of Food Security
Physical Availability of Food
The supply side, determined by the level
Of food production, stock level & net trade.
Economic & Physical access to
Food
Food Adequate supply of food does not guarantee household level food
security. Food access depends on incomes, expenditure, markets
& prices in achieving food security objectives
Security Food Utilization
The way the body makes the most of various nutrients in the food.
Involves care & feeding practices, food preparation, diversity of diet
& intra-household distribution of food.
Stability of the other 3 dimensions over
time
Access on a periodic basis. Weather, political conditions or
economic factors have an impact on food security status.

6. How does India Fare with respect
to other countries in context to
Food Security.

7. Stark Realties
• INDIA has witnessed high economic growth in last one decade and
high total production of food grains at the national level.
BUT India has
• 29% of the 872.9 million undernourished people (FAO)
• 49% of the world’s underweight children (WHO)
• 34% of the world’s stunted children (WHO)
• Over 46% undernourished children (WHO)
• India is ranked 67 way below neighboring countries like China,
Nepal & Pakistan, in 2011 Global Hunger Index by the IFPRI.
• As for child nutritional status & child mortality rate, India is doing
worse than some Sub-Saharan African Countries & South Asian
neighbours (FOCUS 2006).

8. Gender Inequality
• Food security is a major concern for women who are incapable of or
denied access to participating in labor, either formal, informal, or
agricultural.
• In 2009, the U.N. estimated that 60 percent of the world’s chronically
hungry people are women and girls, 98% of which live in developing
nations.
(Wikipedia)

9. What can India learn from other
countries for increasing the
efficiency of Food Security.

10. Food Availability
• Community Farming.
• Emphasis on nutrient rich indigenous foods such as Ragi.
• Reduction in the cost of production through R&D interventions
targeting increased productivity.
• Expand utilization of public storage food facilities, and encourage
private sector investment in these facilities.
• Compared to nations like US, India’s BPL rate is very low due to
which exposure of food availability benefits is limited to a very small
segment of poor people, so a revision in BPL rate is much required.

11. Food Access
• Shorten the Supply Chain
• Farmer-friendly Marketing and Processing
- Producers Owned Companies
- Value addition near to production
• Non-farm Interventions
• Strengthen the management and distribution of the food reserves
through PPP
• Food Safety Net
– Innovative adoption of Food Coupons, Food Stamps, Food Credit Cards
– Direct Cash Transfer

12. Creating Gender Equality
• When women have an income, substantial evidence indicates that
the income is more likely to be spent on food and children’s needs.
• Analysts suggest that if women have the same access to productive
resources as men, women could boost yield by 20-30 percent;
raising the overall agricultural output in developing countries by two
and a half to four percent. This gain in production could lessen the
number of hungry people in the world by 12-17 percent.
(Wikipedia)

13. Thank You