Achieving Zero Hunger in India - Challenges and Policies (1st ed. 2024)

This open access volume discloses rich set of findings and policy recommendations for India towards achieving the SDG 2.1 target of zero hunger by 2030. Through its fourteen chapters, it takes an integrated approach by examining diverse aspects of food and nutrition security through multidisciplinary lens of Agricultural Economics, Nutrition, Crop Sciences, Anthropology and Law, while being rooted in economics. The chapters reflect this diversity in disciplines in terms of the questions posed, the data sets used, and the methodologies followed. Starting from the evolution of policy response for hunger and nutrition security, the book covers aspects such gender budgeting, dietary diversity, women’s empowerment, calorie intake norms, socio-legal aspects of right to health, subjective wellbeing, bio-fortification, crop insurance and food security linkages, interdependence of public distribution system (for food security) and employment guarantee schemes especially during COVID-19 pandemic, effects of dairy dietary supplements, and so on.  With its rich discussions, the book is compelling for students, researchers, policy makers, development professionals and practitioners working in areas of food and nutrition security, SDGs, in particular SDG1, SDG2 and SDG5, and sustainable food systems. 

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	India Studies in Business and Economics
Release date:	September 2023
Editors:	S.Mahendra Dev • A. Ganesh-Kumar • Vijay Laxmi Pandey
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Pages:	330
Edition:	1st ed. 2024
ISBN-13:	978-981-9944-15-6
Categories:	Books
LSN:	981-9944-15-5
Barcode:	9789819944156

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