Food Security in India: Chapter Overview

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What does food security mean?

Availability of food at all times (correct)

Having access to gourmet food items

Exclusivity of food for certain groups

Promoting fasting and limited food intake

Why are poor households more vulnerable to food insecurity?

They face difficulties in accessing and affording food during production or distribution problems (correct)

They have a preference for imported food items

They are dependent on the Public Distribution System (PDS)

They lack government vigilance and action

In the context of food security, what does 'accessibility' mean?

Food is within reach of every person (correct)

The ability to grow your own food

Being able to reach the nearest fast-food restaurant

The ease of ordering food online

Why is affordability an important dimension of food security?

To ensure that individuals have enough money to buy sufficient, safe, and nutritious food Signup and view all the answers

Which factor ensures food security in a country?

Adequate availability of food for all persons and their capacity to buy it Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the context of food security?

To ensure equitable distribution of essential food items to vulnerable populations Signup and view all the answers

What did the 1995 World Food Summit declare about food security?

Food security exists when all people have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food at all times. Signup and view all the answers

According to Amartya Sen, what is essential for food security?

Entitlements, which include what one can produce, exchange in the market, and state or other socially provided supplies. Signup and view all the answers

What was the key factor that led to the deaths of agricultural labourers, fishermen, and transport workers in the Famine of Bengal in 1943?

Shortage of safe and nutritious food available in the province. Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary consequence of a natural calamity causing a decrease in the production of foodgrains?

Shortage of food leading to increased prices and decreased affordability for some people. Signup and view all the answers

What did the 1975 understanding of food security primarily focus on?

Availability at all times of an adequate supply of basic foodstuffs. Signup and view all the answers

What did the 1995 World Food Summit declaration recognize as essential for improving access to food?

Eradication of poverty. Signup and view all the answers

According to Amartya Sen, what does 'entitlements' refer to in the context of food security?

A combination of what one can produce, exchange in the market, and state or other socially provided supplies. Signup and view all the answers

What was the major contribution made by Amartya Sen to the understanding of food security?

Emphasis on 'access' to food through 'entitlements.' Signup and view all the answers

'Food security at the individual, household, regional, national and global levels exists when' _____.

All people have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times. Signup and view all the answers

'Famine is characterized by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics caused by' _____.

'Forced use of contaminated water or decaying food.' Signup and view all the answers

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What does food security mean?

Why are poor households more vulnerable to food insecurity?

In the context of food security, what does 'accessibility' mean?

Why is affordability an important dimension of food security?

Which factor ensures food security in a country?

What is the primary purpose of the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the context of food security?

What did the 1995 World Food Summit declare about food security?

According to Amartya Sen, what is essential for food security?

What was the key factor that led to the deaths of agricultural labourers, fishermen, and transport workers in the Famine of Bengal in 1943?

What is the primary consequence of a natural calamity causing a decrease in the production of foodgrains?

What did the 1975 understanding of food security primarily focus on?

What did the 1995 World Food Summit declaration recognize as essential for improving access to food?

According to Amartya Sen, what does 'entitlements' refer to in the context of food security?

What was the major contribution made by Amartya Sen to the understanding of food security?

'Food security at the individual, household, regional, national and global levels exists when' _____.

'Famine is characterized by wide spread deaths due to starvation and epidemics caused by' _____.

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