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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
SESSION 2020-21
CLASS-IX

ECONOMICS- CHAPTER-4 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA

LESSON NOTES
SUB TOPIC-1
Overview, what is food security, why food security

Overview

Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at
all times.

Food security depends on the
 Public Distribution System (PDS)
 Government vigilance and action at times, when this security is threatened.
What is food security?

Food security has the following dimensions:
 Availability of food means food
production within the country, food
imports and the previous years stock
stored in government granaries.

 Accessibility means food is
within reach of every person.

 Affordability implies that an
individual has enough money to buy
sufficient, safe and nutritious food to
meet one’s dietary needs.

Food security is ensured in a country only if

 enough food is available for all the persons
 all persons have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality
 there is no barrier on access to food.
Why food security?

 During natural calamity such as drought, production of food grains get
decreased, creating a shortage of food in the affected areas.
 The prices get increased due to shortage of food.
 People cannot afford to buy food and if such a calamity happens in a very
wide spread area or is stretched over a longer time period, it might cause a
situation of starvation.