Combating Hunger and Achieving Food Security
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Combating Hunger and Achieving Food Security

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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

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Abbreviations
  9. 1. Genesis and Growth of the Yield Revolution in Wheat
  10. 2. Our Agricultural Heritage
  11. 3. Shaping Our Agricultural Destiny
  12. 4. Thrust on Farm Revival
  13. 5. Nutri-farm Movement
  14. 6. Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture
  15. 7. Food Losses and Food Waste
  16. 8. Rice in Zero Hunger Challenge
  17. 9. Monsoon Management
  18. 10. Importance of Ecological Conservation
  19. 11. Caring for Ecology and Heritage
  20. 12. Conserving Biodiversity
  21. 13. Overcoming Hidden Hunger through Aquaculture
  22. 14. Biofuels – The Way to Go
  23. 15. Food Security
  24. 16. Vigilance for Sustainable Food Security
  25. 17. Food Security and Social Protection
  26. 18. Food Security and its Role
  27. 19. Sustaining the Livestock Revolution
  28. 20. Challenges in the Year of Science
  29. 21. Agriculture and Humanism
  30. 22. Fostering the Science of Science Communication
  31. 23. Olympic Move for Saving Children
  32. 24. Youth: The Agents of Change
  33. 25. Role of Women in Agricultural Production
  34. 26. Know-how to Do-how
  35. 27. From Bengal Famine to Right to Food
  36. 28. Financial Institutions and Fighting Food Inflation
  37. 29. Public Good Research in Agriculture
  38. 30. The Future of Indian Agriculture
  39. Bibliography