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ABOUT THE BOOK Ensuring that every person in one of the world’s largest and most populous nations has enough food on the table is understandably an undertaking of great import. Putting
Food First examines the food security situation in This book draws attention to serious shortcomings in food production and distribution in the country, which led to many cases of malnutrition, especially among children, in 2005. These flaws are ultimately rooted in policy failures, not only in the agriculture sector per se but also in the related spheres of trade, industrialization, rural development and environmental and natural resource management. Recognizing the multidimensional nature of the problem, the author puts forward a set of short-and long-term policy recommendations aimed at attaining food security within a broader national framework of sustainable development. Realization of this goal will entail a shift from the existing industrial, monoculture-oriented farming system to a community-based and ecologically sound agriculture which indeed “puts food first”. ABOUT THE AUTHOR HIRA
JHAMTANI is a researcher on environment and development issues
in Asia and Contents 1 Introduction 2 Cases
of Food Security and Insecurity in Cases of Food Shortage and Malnutrition Rice:
A Political-Economic Issue in Right to Seeds Threatened by Lawsuits Non-Rice-Based
Food System: The Case of 3 Analysis of Food Security Policies Food Production and Productivity Distribution and Trading Systems Displacement of Local Systems Policy Failure 42
4 Towards a Community-Based Food Security System Factors Affecting Food Security Paradigm Shift Policy Recommendations Short-Term Immediate Measures References
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