Food Policy

The impacts of reforms to the public distribution system in India’s Chhattisgarh on food security

Despite the importance of effective food aid in the country, a large share of PDS food grains do not reach their intended beneficiaries. However, the Indian State of Chhattisgarh instituted a number of PDS reforms in the early and mid-2000s in an effort to improve the distribution of PDS food grains finds this paper published by United States Department of Agriculture.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2014
Prasad Krishnamurthy, Vikram Pathania, Sharad Tandon
United States Department of Agriculture
Tags:
Public Distribution System (PDS), Food Security, Chhattisgarh, India, Subsidies, Food Prices, Food Aid
Food Policy

Govt spends `3.65 for `1 worth of foodgrain’

The Congress may be banking heavily on the Food Security Act to help it garner votes in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, but the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) under the Planning Commission h

Publication Date: 
27/02/2014
Mukesh Ranjan
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Food Security, Subsidies, Nutrition, Public Distribution System (PDS), Food Prices, Food Policy
Poverty

Gujarat's BPL cut-off a 'mockery' of poverty: Cong

The fact that the Gujarat government has determined Rs 10.8 a day for rural areas as the cut-off for the poverty line in the state has raked up a controversy.

Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government for its “mockery” of poverty, the Congress reminded the Opposition party of how it had trashed the Planning Commission's poverty line cut-offs of Rs 32 and Rs 28 a day in urban and rural areas, respectively, as a “joke”.

Publication Date: 
04/02/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Gujarat, Poverty, Planning Commission, Rural Poverty, Food Prices, Economy
Agriculture

Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity : the role of agricultural technologies

This new IFPRI report examines the current and potential strategies to fight hunger. It endeavors to respond to the challenge of growing food sustainably without degrading our natural resource base.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2014
Mark W. Rosegrant, Jawoo Koo, Nicola Cenacchi, & et al
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Food Security, Agriculture, Crops, Maize, Rice, Wheat, Food Supply, Food Prices, India, Global
Climate Change

On climate variability and civil war in Asia

Effects of climate change are frequently claimed to be responsible for widespread civil violence. Yet, scientists remain divided on this issue, and recent studies suggest that conflict risk increases with higher rainfall, loss of rainfall, higher temperatures or none of the above. Lack of scientific consensus is driven by differences in data, methods, and samples, but may also reflect a fragile and inconsistent correlation for the habitual spatiotemporal domain, Sub-Saharan Africa post-1980.

Publication Date: 
22/01/2014
Gerdis Wischnath, Halvard Buhaug
Climatic Change
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Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Conflicts, Asia, Africa, India, Drought, Heat Waves, Food Security, Food Prices, Developing Countries, Migration, Poverty, Politics
Health

Nepalis eating healthy food

Nepal may not be one of the best places to eat on earth, but the situation here is better than that in other South Asian countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, a latest report shows.

Publication Date: 
20/01/2014
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Nepal, Health, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Food Prices, Malnutrition, Nutrition, South Asia
Land

Assessing global land use: balancing consumption with sustainable supply

This report explores how the management of land-based biomass production and consumption can be developed towards a higher degree of sustainability across different scales: from the sustainable management of soils on the field to the sustainable management of global land use as a whole.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2014
UNEP
Tags:
Land Use, Land Degradation, Agriculture, Green House Gases, Sustainable Development, Biodiversity, Food Prices, Food Security, Renewable Energy, Biomass, India, Global
Climate Change

Climate adaptation: seizing the challenge

The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Climate Change’s report, Climate Adaptation: Seizing the Challenge, captures some of the latest thinking in the field of climate adaptation and financing, with the goal of assisting decision-makers in the public and private sectors gain a better understanding of the issue.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2014
World Economic Forum
Tags:
Climate Adaptation, Climate Change, Finance, Private Sector, Public Sector, India, Global, Food Prices, Energy Intensity, Agriculture, Water Resources
Environment

Global risks 2014

Water crises, climate impacts and food crises are amongst the top ten global risks of highest concern in 2014 that can be addressed only by long-term thinking and collaboration among business, governments and civil society says this new World Economic Forum report. Read more...

Publication Date: 
01/01/2014
World Economic Forum
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Environment, Natural Disasters, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, India, Global, Economy, Water Resources, Food Prices

Good enough to eat: the food index

Around the world, one in eight people go to bed hungry every night despite there being enough food for everyone. Overconsumption, misuse of resources and waste are common elements of a system that leaves hundreds of millions without enough to eat. To better understand the challenges that people face getting enough of the right food, Oxfam has compiled a global snapshot of 125 countries indicating the best and worst places to eat. It is the first of its kind and reveals the different challenges that people face depending on where they live.

Tags:
Food Prices, Food Security, India, Global, Obesity, Diabetes, Food Policy, Health Effects

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