basic information of food safety and security in India

1. Food Self Sufficiency &
Food Security in India
Presented By
Anish Kumar

2. Food self sufficiency
In its broadest terms, food self sufficiency refers to a country’s capacity to
meet its own food needs from domestic production.
The ability of a region or country to produce enough food ( especially staple
crops) without needing to buy or import additional food.

3. India is surplus in food-grain production.
We import pulse despite having reached self-
sufficiency because we have signed contracts
with some countries.
Is India Self-Sufficient in Food?

4. What are the characteristics
of self-sufficiency?
Self-sufficiency is associated with certain traits.
Self-sufficient people have a strong internal locus of
control. That is , they have the ability and the desire
to determine their own course, to make their own
decisions, rather than having their life choices
made by other.

5. Need of self sufficiency in food
Grain in India
 Due to the following reasons, there is a need for self sufficiency in
food grains:-
 To feed rising population
 To control prices of food grains.
 To reduce imports of food grains
 To fight against natural disaster such as droughts floods, cyclones
etc.
Self sufficiency in food grains will help us during up coming
natural calamities
 Self sufficiency in food grains will also help to those people who
are not able to get food for the survival.

6. What is Food Security ?
Based on the 1996 World Food Summit,
food security is defined when all people
,at all times, have physical and
economic access to sufficient safe and
nutritious food that meets their dietary
needs and food preferences for an active
and healthy life.

7. What is Food Self Sufficiency Ratio ?
self-sufficiency ratio (SSR), which is defined as the. percentage of food
consumed that is produced.
Production x 100 / (Production + Imports – Exports)

8. Countries with SSR <80% Countries with SSR
> 120%
Countries with SSR = 80-
120%
Consumption at or above
adequate nutrition intake
These countries are net
food imports and easily
meet their domestic
need ( hunger <5%)
Example- Japan, United
Kingdom, Republic of
Korea, Iceland, Mexico
These countries typically
meet their dietary needs
(hunger < 5%) and export
surplus food.
Examples: United States of
America, Australia,
Argentina, Canada,
Kazakhstan, Sweden
These countries roughly
produce the same amount
of food that they consume,
meet dietary needs (hunger
< 5%), and may export
some food. Examples:
South Africa, Brazil, Russian
Federation, Germany
Consumption below adequate
nutritional intake
These countries are net
food importers but
experience elevated
levels of hunger (>15 %
of the population).
Examples: Liberia,
Zimbabwe, Namibia,
Yemen, Mongolia, Haiti
These countries
experience mild (5-14.9%)
or elevated (>15%) levels
of hunger. Some of these
countries still export food.
Examples: Pakistan,
Guyana, Thailand
These countries produce
roughly the same amount
that they consume, but
experience mild (5-14.9%)
or elevated (>15%) levels of
hunger. Some of these
countries still export food.
Examples: India, Bolivia ,
United Republic of
Tanzania, Chad, China

9. Food Security has following
dimensions:
• Availability
• Production of sufficient
food within the country.
• Imports and previous year
stock.
• Accessibility
• Food is within the
reach of every person.
• Affordability
• Everyone have the enough
money to buy sufficient ,
self and nutritious food.

10. What is Food –Insecure?
 A person is food insecure when they lack regular
access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal
growth and development and an active and healthy life.
This may be due to unavailability of food and /or lack of
resources to obtain food. Food insecurity can
experienced at different levels of severity .
India is aiming at self sufficiency in food grains since
independence
Role of Green Revolution.
The production of wheat and rice increased.
The increased in food grains was however ,
disproportionate.

11. Top Crop production in India
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Rice wheat Pulses Oilseeds
Crops production in India
Average yield 1970-1971 Average Yield 1990-1991 Average Yield 2010-2011
BY -Byju’s

12. State wise production in
India

13. Rice

14. S.
No.
STATES/ UTs KMS 2015-16 KMS 2016-17 KMS 2017-18 KMS 2018-19 KMS 2019-20
1 Andhra Pradesh 43.36 37.24 40.00 48.06 55.33
2 Telangana 15.79 35.96 36.18 51.90 74.54
3 Assam 0.42 0.46 0.35 1.03 2.11
4 Bihar 12.25 12.34 7.93 9.49 13.41
5 Chandigarh 0.16 0.13 0.14 0.13 0.15
6 Chattisgarh 34.42 40.22 32.55 39.71 52.24
7 Gujarat 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.09 0.14
8 Haryana 28.61 35.83 39.92 39.41 43.07
9 Jharkhand 2.06 1.39 1.43 1.53 2.55
10 Jammu Kashmir 0.07 0.08 0.13 0.09 0.10
11 Karnataka 0.55 0.00 0.00 0.59 0.41
12 Kerala 3.82 3.08 3.29 4.65 4.83
13 Madhya Pradesh 8.49 13.14 10.96 13.95 17.40
14 Maharashtra 2.30 3.09 1.79 5.80 11.67
15 Odisha 33.69 36.30 32.87 44.47 47.98
16 Puducherry 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00268
17 Punjab 93.50 110.52 118.33 113.34 108.76
18 Tripura - - - 0.07 0.14
19 Tamilnadu 11.92 1.44 10.11 12.94 22.04
20 Uttar Pradesh 29.10 23.54 28.75 32.33 37.90
21 Uttrakhand 5.98 7.06 0.38 4.62 6.82
22 West Bengal 15.68 19.23 16.73 19.79 18.38
Total 342.18 381.06 381.84 443.99 519.97

15. Wheat

16. State/ UT Average 2017-18
to 2021-22
2022-23* Absolute Increase/Decrease
Assam 12.91 10.00 -2.91
Bihar 2173.88 2203.82 29.93
Chhattisgarh 126.51 146.40 19.89
Gujarat 986.23 1313.00 326.77
Haryana 2479.14 2364.14 -115.00
Himachal Pradesh 315.45 322.21 6.76
Jharkhand 211.98 164.13 -47.86
Karnataka 172.22 162.00 -10.22
Madhya Pradesh 5994.00 7150.00 1156.00
Maharashtra 1034.76 1071.20 36.44
Odisha 0.14 0.18 0.04
Punjab 3521.68 3506.00 -15.68
Rajasthan 2878.00 2964.70 86.70
Telangana 5.40 3.00 -2.40
Uttar Pradesh 9683.60 9590.00 -93.60
Uttarakhand 317.20 298.00 -19.20
West Bengal 166.25 250.00 83.75
Others 302.67 349.49 46.82
All India 30382.01 31868.26 1486.24

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