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Food Security in India: Measures, Norms and Issues
Author(s) -
Suryanarayana M. H.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-7660.00064
Subject(s) - food security , normative , consumption (sociology) , economics , investment (military) , human capital , food processing , production (economics) , population , population growth , food consumption , development economics , public economics , natural resource economics , agricultural economics , economic growth , political science , microeconomics , geography , agriculture , environmental health , sociology , social science , archaeology , politics , law , medicine
Although assessments by conventional macro measures show considerable improvement in food security in India, the levels of cereal consumption and calorie intake of even the general population are still below the normative threshold limits. This article brings out the dynamics of changes in institutional and production conditions and their implications for consumption patterns and food security at the micro level. The article uses empirical evidence to raise a number of issues, and calls for emphasis on investment in human capital by way of improvements in food and calorie intake for efficiency and economic growth.