Pondicherry kas-surabhi

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Food security and Livelihood Surabhi Mittal

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Food security and Livelihood

Surabhi Mittal

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• Improved inputs

(fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, ir

rigation)1960’s- rigation)

• Main gains in irrigated region

• Achieved goal of food security

and self sufficiency

• Not inclusive

1960’s-

Green

Revolution

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Why Food Security?

Global Food Inflation

Competitive protectionism-

Export bans, Increased Tariffs

Reports of hoardings and

cartels

Current Food inflation in India

in double digit

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INDIAN AGRICULTURE

Goal

• Food Security

• Self Sufficiency and

Sustainability

Dynamics of the sector

• Rainfall and climate change

• Changing cropping pattern

• Poor natural resource

management

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Food Security

Food Availability

(Macro level)

Food Access

(Household Level)

Food Utilization (Individual level)

Food

Vulnerability

Four Pillars

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Issues under Food Security

• Declining share of agriculture sector in GDP

• Low agricultural growth rates

• Increase ‘Food Inflation’

Sectoral

Trends

• Area shifting and declining productivitySectors • Area shifting and declining productivity

• High dependence on the sector for livelihood

• Increasing per capita demand

Sectors

Composition

• High poverty headcount

• Increasing number of undernourished

populationIndicators

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Incidence of Poverty and Food

insecurity

40

5049.8

28.6

42

32.630

Pe

r ce

nt

of

Po

pu

lati

on

Poverty headcount Undernourishment

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization

0

10

20

30

Bangladesh India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

28.625

20

10

17

24 22

Pe

r ce

nt

of

Po

pu

lati

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Constraints – Food Security

Poor targeting & In-accessible

Cash Vs. Stocks Transportation Infrastructure

Poor supply response

Low productivity Price Policy Input availability

High administrative cost

Buffer Stock management

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Where are we stuck?

Policy Dilemmas

Increased

production vs

Political Economy

India – Pakistanproduction vs

better income

Subsidy vs.

Investments

Small operational

holdings Vs.

Mechanisation

India – Pakistan

Formation of farmer

cooperative and

private investments

Track II- Institutional

linkages

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Proposed solutions

Food

Bank ?

• Suggested by SAARC

• Problems in making it

operational

Role of

Trade• Promote inter-regional trade

• Integrating with the world market

• Liberalise South Asian Agriculture

• Reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers

• Do away with ad-hoc policies

Regional

Cooperation• Technology Transfer

• Extension and Management

• Seed bank

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Ensuring Food Security

The Regions needs to adopt an

integrated strategy

encompassing encompassing

Increased

domestic

production

expanded

social safety

net

programmes

collaboration

within South

Asian countries

to revisit trade

policies

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Major Issues and Challenges

Productivity

Irrigation

and Water

Management

Credit and

Insurance

Horticulture

and agro-

processing

Efficient

Supply Chain

Management

Government

Intervention

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Investment in Agriculture

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

Rs. Crore

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

Rs. Crore

Public Private

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Rationale of Track II

Track II are non-official dialogue but are expected to serve as a

parallel to government process to strengthen the programs

Networking at government level, people level and business level Networking at government level, people level and business level

• political will

• better information to policy makers

• creating wide policy opinions.

Increased representations from academics, NGO’s, business

community and government will help to generate

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Food security- Track II

Helps better linkages between agricultural research and

technology-transfer

track two has largely evolved as a mechanism of general

exchange of thoughts, views and policy opinions.exchange of thoughts, views and policy opinions.

the awareness and the participation of under

representation groups get broadened

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Move towards

Farmer as the entrepreneur

An organized and planned agricultural production and marketing

Increase investment and prioritize areas of investment

Government role as implementation of policies and constant

evaluation

Partnership among all stake holders