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- English
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Combating Hunger and Achieving Food Security
About this book
The issues that need to be addressed in combating hunger and achieving food security are highlighted in this book by a great Indian geneticist. It also discusses the major causes of chronic and hidden hunger and emphasises the need to redesign the farming system based on nutritional considerations. The role of an effective monsoon management programme to maximise its benefits is examined. There are chapters that analyse the importance of biodiversity conservation and enhancement and farmer skill development. Important issues to increase agricultural production including investment by financial institutions in agriculture and rural development, women's role in agriculture and youth employment in rural livelihoods are discussed in great detail in the text. The book concludes that there must be synergy between scientific knowledge, political will and farmers' active participation to achieve the goal of overcoming chronic and hidden hunger in the populations of developing countries.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1. Genesis and Growth of the Yield Revolution in Wheat
- 2. Our Agricultural Heritage
- 3. Shaping Our Agricultural Destiny
- 4. Thrust on Farm Revival
- 5. Nutri-farm Movement
- 6. Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture
- 7. Food Losses and Food Waste
- 8. Rice in Zero Hunger Challenge
- 9. Monsoon Management
- 10. Importance of Ecological Conservation
- 11. Caring for Ecology and Heritage
- 12. Conserving Biodiversity
- 13. Overcoming Hidden Hunger through Aquaculture
- 14. Biofuels – The Way to Go
- 15. Food Security
- 16. Vigilance for Sustainable Food Security
- 17. Food Security and Social Protection
- 18. Food Security and its Role
- 19. Sustaining the Livestock Revolution
- 20. Challenges in the Year of Science
- 21. Agriculture and Humanism
- 22. Fostering the Science of Science Communication
- 23. Olympic Move for Saving Children
- 24. Youth: The Agents of Change
- 25. Role of Women in Agricultural Production
- 26. Know-how to Do-how
- 27. From Bengal Famine to Right to Food
- 28. Financial Institutions and Fighting Food Inflation
- 29. Public Good Research in Agriculture
- 30. The Future of Indian Agriculture
- Bibliography
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