This Report is an update of the Rural Food Insecurity Atlas of 2001 released by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Since then, numerous new programmes have been initiated by the central and state governments for achieving food security in the country.

This study, conducted with the appreciated and committed participation of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Mr Jean Ziegler, illustrates, in the context of the 16th and 17th
session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, how human rights can and must be mainstreamed in sustainable development issues. It contains a reflection offered

Money is increasing but food plate is becoming empty in Indian States!! At least latest trends of food consumption patterns are scathing new pictures of Chronic Hunger in one of the India

The first part of this publication examines hunger and poverty in the region, changes in dietary patterns, agricultural commodity trends, and the outlook for the future, including the major challenges that need to be addressed. The second part

The impacts of climate change are already becoming evident in the

Irrigation occupies a central position in China

Over the coming decades, global change will have an impact
on food and water security in significant and highly uncertain
ways, and there are strong indications that developing countries