Food-production and food-supply programmes in India

Food-production and food-supply programmes in India.

This paper outlines brietly the growth of India’s agriculture and, more recently, the role of food-production programmes in that growth, observing the impact of food-production and also of food-supply programmes on the society at large and, especially, on the diets of poorer families. Inevitably, this first part of the paper is largely descriptive; however, in the last one-third of the paper, t...

Decadal Variations in NDVI and Food Production in India

In this study we use long-term satellite, climate, and crop observations to document the spatial distribution of the recent stagnation in food grain production affecting the water-limited tropics (WLT), a region where 1.5 billion people live and depend on local agriculture that is constrained by chronic water shortages. Overall, our analysis shows that the recent stagnation in food production i...

Sustainable food security in India—Domestic production and macronutrient availability

India has been perceived as a development enigma: Recent rates of economic growth have not been matched by similar rates in health and nutritional improvements. To meet the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG2) of achieving zero hunger by 2030, India faces a substantial challenge in meeting basic nutritional needs in addition to addressing population, environmental and dietary pressures. H...

Food and Nutrition in India

Production of Electrospun Nanofibers from Food Proteins and Polysaccharides and Their Applications in Food and Drug Sciences

Preparation of nano-microfibers from biopolymers (e.g., proteins and polysaccharides) by using electrospinning technology has been considered by researchers due to the formation of fibers or particles at the nano and micrometer scales, high porosity level, adjustable dewatering behavior, and special mechanical behavior. These products can be used in the microencapsulation of bioactive compounds...