Origins of the Food Crisis in India and Developing Countries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9200775
AutoresUtsa Patnaik (0000-0001-7059-6442, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen61
Número3
Páginas63
Fecha de publicación2009-07-05
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMonthly Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520
EditorialMonthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14452/mr-061-03-2009-07_5
OpenAlexW2073073823
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9

India has had a growing problem with food output and availability for the mass of the population since the inception of neoliberal economic reforms in 1991. A deep agricultural depression and rising unemployment rates resulting from "reform" policies have made the problem especially acute over the past decade. There has been a sharp decline in per capita grain output as well as grain consumption in the economy as a whole. Income has been shifting away from the majority towards the wealthy minority and a substantial segment of the population is being forced to eat less food and wear older clothing than before. This is exacerbated by the current global depression, which is further constraining mass consumption because of rising unemployment.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

Agriculture · Clothing · Consumption (sociology) · Demographic economics · Depression (economics) · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Great Depression · Per capita · Per capita income · Population · Social science · Sociology · Unemployment · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Agricultural risk and resilience · Demography