Food Security in India

Food security in India refers to the availability, accessibility, and affordability of food to all people at all times. It encompasses dimensions such as availability of food, accessibility, and affordability, ensuring that enough food is available for all, it is within reach of every person, and individuals have enough money to buy sufficient, safe, and nutritious food.

The dimensions of food security mentioned in the text are availability, accessibility, and affordability of food. Availability refers to food production, imports, and stock stored in government granaries, accessibility means food is within reach of every person, and affordability implies that individuals have enough money to buy sufficient, safe, and nutritious food.

Food security in a country is determined by the availability of food for all persons, the capacity of individuals to buy food of acceptable quality, and the absence of barriers on access to food.

<p>Food security is important because it ensures that the poorest section of society, as well as those above the poverty line, have access to an adequate supply of basic foodstuffs at all times, thus reducing food insecurity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In the 1970s, food security was understood as the 'availability at all times of an adequate supply of basic foodstuffs' according to the UN (1975).</p> Signup and view all the answers