Food Security in India

Measures, Norms and Issues

Bibliographic Data

ID3885017
AuthorsM H Suryanarayana (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume28
Issue4
Pages771-789
Publication date1997-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment and Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-7660.00064
OpenAlexW2109555337
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Although assessments by conventional macro measures show considerable improvement in food security in India, the levels of cereal consumption and calorie intake of even the general population are still below the normative threshold limits. This article brings out the dynamics of changes in institutional and production conditions and their implications for consumption patterns and food security at the micro level. The article uses empirical evidence to raise a number of issues, and calls for emphasis on investment in human capital by way of improvements in food and calorie intake for efficiency and economic growth

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Consumption (sociology) · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Food consumption · Food processing · Food security · Geography · Human capital · Investment (military) · Microeconomics · Natural resource economics · Normative · Political science · Population · Population growth · Production (economics) · Public economics · Social science · Sociology · Agricultural risk and resilience · Income, Poverty, and Inequality

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