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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Gains of Green Revolution at risk: Report

Gains of Green Revolution at risk: Report

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published Published on Sep 28, 2010   modified Modified on Sep 28, 2010



Sixty-five per cent of hungry people in the world live in Asia, according to a new report on Food Security, which also warns that the gains of the Green Revolution could be at risk due to declining trends in agricultural research and rural investment.The report prepared by a group of researches led by noted agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan, who is also known as the father of India's Green Revolution, and former US Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman pointed out that the true extent of poverty is masked by economic growth.The number of people living in hunger may lead to long-term food supply shortages and increased vulnerability to the famines, the report by the Asia Society and International Rice Research Institute said.Widespread poverty is one of the main reasons for the food insecurity in the Asia region."Nearly two-thirds of the world's 1.4 billion poor live in Asia and many of them cannot buy food and they do not have land to grow food," the report said."The sheer magnitude of poverty and hunger in Asia is often masked by the dynamic macro economies in the region.Beneath that dynamism, however, lie stagnant, even declining levels of welfare for many households." The report also warned that the gains achieved through the Green Revolution could be at risk due to declining trends in agricultural research and rural investment.The other reason for lack of food security in the region is the large population, the study said and notes that at current consumption levels per capita, rice production would need to grow by roughly 4 million metric tons each year because of population growth.The report also underlined that rapid economic growth in China and India has diversified food demand and improved the quality of diets, but at the same time led to the reduction of land available for rice."The rice-related tensions that developing countries face are growing more complex as their economies grow," the report said.The report also underlined that due to the economic growth, current rice cultivation areas are likely to be lost to urban expansion and land conversion to bio fuels, which implies that production from smaller and smaller areas will have to provide for future demands.The report makes several recommendations on enhancing food security including improve the environment for rural development, with renewed attention to how to stabilise domestic food economies."Provide safety nets and more nutritious foods to the rural and urban poor so that they can lead productive lives even in the face of significant risks and vulnerabilities," it said.

PTI, 27 September, 2010, http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/gains-of-green-revolution-at-risk-report/358116.html


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