Drought and the Government-Village Emergency Food Distribution System in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2499113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Torry, William I Torry (West Virginia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-23 |
| Publication date | 1986-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.45.1.q04423471v734354 |
| OpenAlex | W2078793679 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 8 |
Government assistance programs are now a major source of subsistence for many Indian villagers. The level of government consumption subsidies required by villages and the government's actual capacity to deliver these subsidies are matters best seen in the case of emergency relief provided in response to droughts. This paper attempts an assessment of the government-village food distribution system as a guarantor of individual subsistence security in drought emergency situations in terms of four issues. These include the extent of institutionalized food sharing traditionally taking place within and between village households during a famine; the survival of traditional food sharing patterns into the era of modern Indian history; the responsibility devolving on agencies of government as far as taking over or supplementing the village food management system during a crisis; and the complementarity of emergency assistance and development planning
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Consumption (sociology) · Development economics · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economics · Emergency management · Famine · Food distribution · Food security · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Market economy · Political science · Public distribution system · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Subsidy · Subsistence agriculture · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Agricultural risk and resilience · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
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Experiences and Lessons
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Nutrition and Capability
Strategies of Entitlement Protection
Production, Entitlements and Nutrition
Entitlement and Deprivation
Economic Growth and Public Support
Experiences of Direct Support
Famines and Social Response
Society, Class and Gender
Famine and household coping strategies
Hunger and Public Action
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Food policy, nutrition planning and survival
Guaranteeing employment to the rural poor
The politics of food scarcities in developing countries
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2020 (33) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |