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ISSUES AND CONCERN RELATING TO FOOD

SECURITY

Presented by

Dr. Tanuj Nandan

Asstt. Professor

Vivek Kumar Tripathi

Research schloar

School Of Management StudiesMoti lal Nehru National Institute Of Technology ,Allahabad

13 Feb 2010, Saturday

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FOOD SECURITY

Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and

economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietaryneeds and food preferences for an active and healthy life.Food and

Agricultural Organization 1996.

World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action,

commonly referred to as the World Food Summit 1996:

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Sources: World Food Summit 1996

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TOTAL STOCK OF FOOD GRAINS IN THE CENTRAL POOL

Year Stock(Mn.Tonnes)

1st Jan, 2003 48.20

1st Jan, 2004 25.02

1st Jan, 2005 21.70

1st Jan, 2006 19.26

1st Jan, 2007 17.49

1st Jan, 2008 19.19

1st Jan, 2009 36.19

Sources: Annual Report 2008-09,Department of Food & Public

Distribution , Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution,

Government of India

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ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES IN MEASURING FOOD

SECURITY

Interactionapproach

Copingapproach

Scalingapproach

Sources:Haddad et al. (1994) , Maxwell (1996)

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FOOD DEPRIVATION AND CONSUMPTION

INDICATORS

Sources:FAO,2009

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NATIONAL PRODUCTION IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF

FOOD PRODUCTION

Year Production(million tonnes

)

Imports(million

tonnes)

Export(million tonnes

1999-2000 209.8 1.9 2.1

2000-01 196.8 0.4 2.6

2001-02 212.9 2.2 5.2

2002-03 174.8 2.0 8.9

2003-04 213.2 1.7 8.3

2004-05 198.4 1.3 8.2

2005-06 208.6 1.7 5.8

2006-07 217.3 8.3 5.8

Source: Agriculture Statistics at a Glance, Ministry ofAgriculture, Government ofIndia

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COMPARATIVE INPUT-USE IN

INDIA AND PUNJAB

Parameter India Punjab

CROPPING

INTENSITY 2005-06(%)

136 191

NPK 2006-07(KG/HA) 113 209

ELECTRIC

CONSUMPTION FOR

AGRICULTURE

PURPOSES

2006-07(GWh)

99023(21.7%) 8229(31.2%)

Sources: Agricultural Statistics at a Glance 2008

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StateState ProductionProduction

20032003--0404 0404--0505 0505--0606 0606--0707

11..UU..PP 44.2544.25 37.8437.84 40.4140.41 41.6641.662. Punjab2. Punjab 24.7324.73 25.6725.67 25.1825.18 25.2525.25

3.Rajasthan3.Rajasthan 17.9917.99 12.1512.15 11.4511.45 13.7913.79

4. W.B4. W.B 15981598 16.0616.06 15.6115.61 15.8715.87

5. M.P.5. M.P. 15.8715.87 14.1014.10 13.2013.20 13.5813.58

6. A.P6. A.P 13.7013.70 13.4013.40 16.9516.95 16.2916.29

7.Haryana7.Haryana 13.2213.22 13.1113.11 13.0013.00 14.7514.75

8. Bihar8. Bihar 11.2211.22 7.707.70 8.598.59 10.5010.50

Prod. Million tonnes

Production trends of food grains in

major States

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StateState ProductionProduction

0303--0404 0404--0505 0505--0606 0606--0707

99..MaharashtraMaharashtra 10.9310.93 10.5410.54 12.0912.09 13.0913.09

10.Orissa10.Orissa 7.237.23 6.896.89 7.367.36 7.257.25

11.Karnataka11.Karnataka 6.646.64 10.5010.50 13.4913.49 9.029.02

12.Gujarat12.Gujarat 6.576.57 5.265.26 6.156.15 6.506.50

13. Chattisgarh13. Chattisgarh 6.236.23 5.025.02 5.715.71 5.805.80

14. Tamilnadu14. Tamilnadu 4.464.46 6.186.18 6.136.13 9.069.06

15.Assam15.Assam 4.044.04 3.623.62 3.683.68 2.722.72

16. Jharkhand16. Jharkhand 2.912.91 2.312.31 2.072.07 3.693.6917.Uttaranchal17.Uttaranchal 1.721.72 1.761.76 1.591.59 1.751.75

18.Others18.Others 5.775.77 6.256.25 5.945.94 2.452.45

19. All India19. All India 213.46213.46 198.36198.36 208.60208.60 217.28217.28

Advanced Estimates as released on 19.07.2007

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CONCLUSION

Agriculture in India is synonymous with food grains

production.

present statistics of agriculture in India indicate that

agricultural productivity still ranks low in

comparison to other countries.

o Biggest challenge to food security has been posed by

the global warming and the resultant climate change.

o Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) have

indicated the possibility of around 4 to 5 million tonnes

loss in the countrys overall annual wheat production

with every rise of 1 degree Celsius in temperature.

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India economic growth is growing ,and the number of

hungry people increased by over 20 million to reach 231

million in India (report by Committee on World Food

Security, FAO, September 2008).

An estimated increase of 105 million hungry

people in 2009, there are now 1.02 billion

malnourished people in the world, meaning that

almost one sixth of all humanity is suffering from

hunger absence of food security.

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