Issues Related to Poverty and hunger
India's food challenges
Malnutrition
Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey 2016-2018 -
40 million children - chronically malnourished
half of Indian women aged - 15-49 years are anaemic
Climate Change
Issues
Threat to agrobiodiversity effects everything from productivity to livelihood
Measures
Pest Attack
Locust attack
Floods
Cyclones
Drought and flood tolerant varieties
Weather based agricultural advisories
Promoting other crops - millets
Focusing on small scale irrigation
Agriculture in India
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Issues
Excessive use of chemical fertilizers - soil degradation, rapid depletion of ground water table and loss of agrobiodiversity
Fragmentation of land holdings.
86% farmers have less than 2 ha of land
Unsustainable farming practices
Way forward to build Sustainable food systems
Shift to sustainable practices in agriculture and allied sectors
Govt., pvt sectors, civil society and local communities must work together to achieve 0 hunger
stop wastage. 1/3 rd of food we produced is wasted