country‚ a person making a journey might come across huge piles of wheat and rice bags rotting away in platforms. Within a kilometer of this disturbing scene‚ one would get to see villagers emaciated due to years of low food intake moving around like ghosts. Why the rotting food can not reach the hungry mouths is a question that has defied solution. Even strong intervention from the apex court has failed to get the government moving. In short‚ government machinery in this country fails to deliver
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including the Right to Food. Further‚ Article 47 of the Constitution‚ provides that the State shall regard raising the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Convenant on Economic‚ Social and Cultural Rights‚ to which India is a signatory‚ also cast responsibilities on all State parties to recognize the right of everyone to adequate food. Eradicating extreme
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Food security in India The focus on accelerated foodgrains production on a sustainable basis and free trade in grains would help create massive employment and reduce the incidence of poverty in rural areas. INDIA AT present finds itself in the midst of a paradoxical situation: endemic mass-hunger coexisting with the mounting foodgrain stocks. The foodgrain stocks available with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) stand at an all time high of 62 million tonnes against an annual requirement of
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Food security in the United Arab Emirates: Classifying the country’s main food suppliers Abstract Between global climate change‚ natural disasters and geopolitical conflicts‚ the arid countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have concerns over food security. Within the GCC‚ the United Arab Emirates (UAE) produces an extremely limited amount of its necessary foodstuffs and depends almost entirely on imports. A primary UAE staple food import‚ e.g.‚ rice‚ primarily comes from India‚ Pakistan‚ and
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Bangladesh least food secure in South Asia Global food security under threat: EIU FE Report In spite of harvesting bumper rice crop for the past several years Bangladesh is yet to attain food security‚ according to a global think-tank. The London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in its Global Food Security Index 2012 ranked Bangladesh as the least food secure country among the six South Asian countries. The index has been worked out by assessing affordability
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Food Security “There is no sincerer love than the love of food‚” George Bernard Shaw a literary critic once said. His statement rings true‚ as food feeds the functions of society. However‚ not all countries feel the cushion of a full meal each day. Every year 15 million children die from hunger. Scarcity of food is an epidemic affecting people all over the world. Therefore‚ food security‚ the access by which all people at any time can have access to enough nutritious food for an individual to have
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Willene Joan D’ Costa NASE 318 Professor Kiszewski 12/11/14 Food Security in Ethiopia Ethiopia‚ located in Sub Saharan Africa‚ is one of the many countries in the world that is the most affected by food insecurity. Food security in Ethiopia has comparatively improved in recent years. However‚ due to factors such as political set up‚ severe poverty‚ climate‚ etc.‚ this problem is far from being solved. In recent years‚ Ethiopia’s economy has grown considerably as compared to other Sub-Saharan countries
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Internal Assessment Resource Home Economics Level 2 |This resource supports assessment against: | |Achievement Standard 91301 | |Analyse beliefs‚ attitudes and practices related to a nutritional issue for families in New Zealand | |Resource title: Panel of Experts
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http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/12/19/food-security-bill-good-for-politics-terrible-for-economy/ Food Security Bill: Good for Politics‚ Terrible for Economy ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form * Article * Comments (16) India Real Time HOME PAGE » By Vibhuti Agarwal and Shefali Anand Though approved by the Cabinet Sunday‚ the fate of the much-anticipated Food Security Bill‚ which will guarantee cheap food for India’s masses‚ is far from sealed
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Food security is access to enough food by all people at all time for an active and healthy life. In the past concentrated efforts were made to achieve food security by increasing food grain production. Thanks to the impact of green revolution though‚ it was limited to same crops and too in limited states. To ensure easy access to food at household level‚ government monopolizes grain management and subsidized food gains. Paradoxically‚ India attained national food self-sufficiency 35 years ago
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