Search For Food Security in Asia [Hardcover]

ABOUT THE BOOK: Food remains fundamental to the very existence of living beings starting from tiny insects and bacteria to the plants, trees and animals to human beings on this planet. Without food no human civilization will survive on this earth. Had there not been hunger in living beings, the very purpose of creation by God would have been nullified. It is the hunger and necessity of food that plays a pivotal role in human life. But food must be adequate and nutritious for all the people starting from child to the old. With the burgeoning of population on this earth, dwindling of arable land, water scarcity and scarcity of resources the availability of food for all the people on an equitable and equity basis has remained as of today a far away goal. The problem of food crisis has been exacerbated by the climate change due to human interference into the functioning of nature in the name of development and industrialization. What has turned the issue worst is the unequal distribution of food within a country and between and among countries. There are rich industrialized North countries whose food intake and consumption in terms of quantity, quality, nutrition and durability is much higher than that of the poor developing countries. This present book is an excellent compendium of articles received from a host of eminent scholars and experts in this filed who have dealt with various issues of food crisis in general and in the context of Asia. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Prof. Narottam Gaan, both Ph.D and D.Litt at present Professor and Head, Department of Political Science and Human Rights, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (Central University), Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh is an eminent and widely acclaimed scholar in Political Science and International Studies. Not being lured by the lucre of Allied Services (ICS) he preferred to stay in the academic life. Publication of more than 100 articles and research papers of international repute in various journals in India and abroad, and thirteen books stand as a testament to his illuminating scholarship on contemporary global and national issues. Privileged to visit Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia on an Austrian government fellowship, he attended innumerable conferences and programmes abroad and obtained Advanced degree in international studies from European University Center for Peace Studies, Austria. In recognition of his great contribution to peace and harmony of the world through his inspiring articles and presentations he has been adorned with Ambassador of Peace Award by Universal Peace Foundation, South Korea on 10th September, 2014. Dr. Sandhyarani Das currently working as Associate Professor of Economics. She has 28 years of teaching experience. She has authored one book, and 50 research papers in leading journals of National and International repute and Chapters in edited books on different aspects of Economics and Management. Eight research scholars have earned their Ph.D degree and twenty one have earned M.Phil degree under her supervision. She has participated in 10 international and 50 national conferences. Aruna Kumar Nishanka, is Lecturer in Economic sat Narasighpur College, Cuttack, under Utkal University , Bhubaneswar . Apart from pursuing his Ph.D in Economics in Berhampur University, Odisha he regularly writes in news papers. He has already published 120 newspaper articles on different local as well as English news papers. To his credit he has attended many conferences and seminars in India. CONTENTS: Preface .5 List of Contributors .13 1. NutriAgriculture: Pathway to a Zero Hunger India .17 M S Swaminathan 2. Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia .35 Sudhansubala Das and Narottam Gaan 3. Food Security in Odisha .71 Sandhya Rani Das 4. Household Food Security in Developing Countries .85 Nkiru Nwamaka Ezeama 5. Community Involvement in Public Goods Provision: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ghana .105 Thomas F. Walker 6. FarmersХ Perception on Rainfall and its Impacts on Investment, Output and Food Security in Swaziland .135 Sipho Felix Mamba 7. Achieving Nutritional Food Security Raising Pulses Output and Arresting PriceRise in India .147 Gopal Kalkoti 8. Food Security in India: Issues and Strategies .163 Parveen Kumar 9. Ending ФMalХ nutritionFood Security and Far Beyond! .179 Pavan Pandey and Sushrut Sharma 10. Calorie Availability to Realise Food Security: Some Evidences in the District of Burdwan.209 Maniklal Adhikary and Khokon Sarkar 11. Food Security: Concept, Determinants and Initiatives in India .223 Milan Banik 12. QuantitativeAssessment: Beneficiary Nutritional Status and Performance of ICDS Supplementary Nutrition Programme in Bihar.237 Andrew Fraker, Neil Buddy Shah and Ronald Abraham 13. Children's Development Baby Steps in Odisha .251 Reetika Khera 14. The Goal and Realities of Food Security The Way Forward.267 K. Baby 15. Seeds, Soil and Survival: Towards a Saner Agricultural Future.281 Ashish Kothari 16. Food Security, FTA and Trade Protectionism in Asian Countries.289 Aruna Kumar Nishanka 17. VariousApproaches for Sustainable Food and Nutritional Security.303 B.P. Mahapatra and B. Patra 18. Technologies for Enhancement of Agriculture Production and Sustainability of Rural Livelihoods .315 Rekha Dhanai and R.S. Negi 19. Aadhaar Enabled Public Distribution System (AEPDS) in Jharkhand.327 Dipti Paridhi Kindo 20. Feeding the Hungry Assessing the Imperative of FSA .335 Samit Kar 21. Impact of Climate Change on Food Security:A Conceptual Analysis.351 Bijayalaxmi Mohanta and Amit Kumar Jena 22. Empowering Small Farmers for Their Food Security Accelerating Flow of Institutional Credit.361 Mahendra Patel 23. Food Security in India Challenges and New Initiatives Ahead.375 P. Srivatsa 24. From Food Crisis to Food Security: A Critical Perspective .389 Subhash Sharma Index 411 The Title 'Search For Food Security in Asia written/authored/edited by Editors: Narottam Gaan, Sandhyarani Das, Aruna Kumar Nishanka', published in the year 2017. The ISBN 9789351282860 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 428 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: