Food security in india
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This ppt is based on the chapter food security in India of class 9th economics cbse board. It will make it easier for the students to come up with the chapter. Hope You'll enjoy.
Food security in india
- 1. ECO:- FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA
- 3. Food security means something more than getting two square meals . availability , accessibility, and affordability comes under this. Availability:-of food means food production within the country ,food imports and the previous year stock stored in govt. granaries. Accessibility:-means food is within reach of every one. Affordability:-implies that an individual has enough money to buy sufficient safe and nutritious food.
- 5. The poorest sections might be insecure most of the times so food security is important. If in our country disaster of calamity happens like flood ,tsunami ,or drought widespread failure of crops causing famine ,etc so there food security is important. FAMINE:-a famine is characterized by wide spread deaths due to starvation epidemics caused by forced using of contaminated water or decaying food. Example:-the famine of Bengal in 1943 the famine killed thirty lack people.
- 7. A large section of people suffer from food and nutrition insecurity in India. In rural areas the worst affect groups are landless workers or the people who have little land or no land. In urban areas families are those who are insecure are working members generally ill paid occupations and casual labour market. The food insecure people are disproportionately large in some regions of the country such as economically backward states with large incidence of poverty.
- 8. Hunger is an aspect of food insecurity .hunger is not just an expression of poverty it brings about poverty. the attainment of food insecurity. Types ::-:: Chronic:-chronic hunger is an consequence of diets persistently inadequate in terms of quantity or quality . It is also caused by low income people are not able to buy food for survival. Seasonal:-seasonal hunger is related to cycles of food growing and harvestings .this is prevalent in rural areas because of casual labour .this type of hunger exists when a person is unable to get work for the entire year.
- 10. year Seasonal hunger Chronic hunger Total In rural 1983 16.2 2.3 18.5 1993-94 4.2 0.9 5.1 1999-2000 2.6 0.7 3.3 In urban 1983 5.6 0.8 6.4 1993-94 1.1 0.5 1.6 1999-2000 0.6 0.3 0.9
- 11. THE percentage of seasonal as well as chronic hunger has declined in INDIA . India is aiming at self sufficiency in food grains since independence India adopted a new strategy in agriculture which resulted in the GREEN REVOLUTION. Then Indira Gandhi released wheat revolution in 1968 And then many revolutions are also released..
- 13. Buffer stock is the food grain .it comes from the FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA the farmers are paid pre announced price for their crops this is called minimum support price. The MSP is declared before sowing season to provide incentives to the farmers to the farmers raising production to the farmers for raising the production of these crops.
- 14. The purchased grains are stored in govt grainaries Buffer stock is created to distribute food grains in the defict areas among the poorer strata of society at a price lower than the market price also known as issue price. This also resolves the problem of shortage of food during adverse weather conditions or during the periods of calamity.
- 15. The food procured by the FCI is distributed through govt. regulated ration shops among the poorer sections of society . this is called PDS . EXAMPLE:-RATION SHOPS. NSSO ICDS FOOD FOR WORK MID DAY MEAL