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Transforming food systems for a rising India / Prabhu Pingali, Anaka Aiyar, Mathew Abraham, Andaleeb Rahman.

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"This book ... brings together high quality research, real world pragmatism and an understanding of the politics of Indian food systems."--Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, GAIN and 2018 World Food Prize Laureate '[The authors] have done a masterful job of [demonstrating] paradoxes...

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Main Authors: Pingali, Prabhu L., 1955- (Author), Aiyar, Anaka (Author), Abraham, C. M. (Author), Rahman, Andaleeb (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Series:Palgrave studies in agricultural economics and food policy.
Subjects:
Food supply > India.
Nutrition policy > India.
India > Economic conditions.
Economic history.
Food supply.
Nutrition policy.
India.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Indian Food Systems towards 2050: Challenges and Opportunities
  • 2. Economic Growth, Agriculture and Food Systems: Explaining Regional Diversity
  • 3. Rural Livelihood Challenges: Moving out of Agriculture
  • 4. Diet Diversity and the Declining Importance of Staple Grains
  • 5. The Nutrition Transformation: From Undernutrition to Obesity
  • 6. Reimagining Safety Net Programs
  • 7. Enabling Smallholder Prosperity through Commercialization and Diversification
  • 8. Linking Farms to Markets: Reducing Transaction Costs and Enhancing Bargaining Power
  • 9. Agricultural Technology for Increasing Competitiveness of Small Holders
  • 10. Managing Climate Change Risks in Food Systems
  • 11. The Way Forward: Food Systems for Enabling Rural Prosperity and Nutrition Security.

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