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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                  SESSION 2020-21
                                                       CLASS-IX

                              ECONOMICS- CHAPTER-4 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA

                                                   LESSON NOTES
                                                     SUB TOPIC-2
                                                           Who are Food- Insecure

               In India, a large section of people suffers from food and nutrition insecurity.

                     People having little or no land, traditional artisans, providers of traditional
                       services, petty self-employed workers and destitute including beggars are the
                       worst affected groups.

                     In the urban areas, the food-insecure families are those who are generally
                       employed in ill-paid occupations and the casual labour market. These workers
                       are largely engaged in seasonal activities and are paid very low wages.

                     The social composition along with the inability to buy food also plays a role in
                       food insecurity. People of SC, ST and OBC communities who have either
                       poor land-base or very low land productivity are prone to food insecurity.
                       People affected by natural disasters, who migrate to other areas in search of
                       work, are among the most food-insecure people.

                     A large proportion of pregnant and nursing mothers and children under the
                       age of 5 years constitute an important segment of the food insecure
                       population.

                     Another aspect of food insecurity is hunger, which is not just an expression of
                       poverty, it brings about poverty. Hunger has chronic and seasonal
                       dimensions. Chronic hunger is a consequence of diets persistently inadequate
                       in terms of quantity and/or quality. Seasonal hunger is related to cycles of
                       food growing and harvesting.
               Since Independence, India has been aiming at self-sufficiency in food grains. After
               Independence, Indian policymakers adopted all measures to achieve self-sufficiency
               in food grains. In the field of agriculture, India adopted a new strategy, which resulted
               in the ‘Green Revolution’.
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