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17 Oct 2024

The third article explores the changing patterns of food consumption in India since the 1991 economic reforms, highlighting a decline in cereal and pulse consumption and an increase in high-value food items. [...] Using a food balance sheet approach, the study examines the gap between food availability and intake, revealing significant losses in the food supply chain due to waste, inefficiencies, and changing consumption patterns like the rise of processed foods and the HoReCa sector. [...] The State of Food Security and Department of Health and Family Welfare, Nutrition in the World 2024. [...] MMRP data is considered to be the most Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW), appropriate in monitoring consumption, and it is Government of India (GoI) and Food and available in the two rounds of HCES 2011-12 and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations 2022-23. [...] These stakeholders, including the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (Government of Punjab), Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd., the Farmers Commission, and local farmers, provided insights into the challenges of crop diversification and efforts to reduce stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana.

Authors

Rahul Arora

Pages
32
Published in
India

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