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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India must be quick to tackle challenges of food security, land use - Himangana Gupta & Shweta Prajapati & Ruchika Singh

India must be quick to tackle challenges of food security, land use - Himangana Gupta & Shweta Prajapati & Ruchika Singh

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published Published on Aug 8, 2022   modified Modified on Aug 10, 2022

-Moneycontrol.com

Not only population, but several other factors affect the food system, including climate risks and their impact. An IPCC report predicts up to 30 percent decline in rice yields if global temperatures continue to rise

India, a country with just 2.4 percent of the world’s total land area, is the largest producer of milk and pulses, and the second largest producer of rice and wheat, as per the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This was a result of high-yielding varieties, support and subsidies to farmers, enhanced fertilizer and pesticide use, and extensive expansion of the irrigation network during the Green Revolution. While this ramped up food production, today, nearly half of all agricultural lands have poor soil health; and food and nutrition security for diverse socio-economic groups remains a challenge.

India’s population will reach 1.5 billion by 2030 as per the UN report on World Population Prospects 2022. Already, there is rampant malnutrition, especially among women and children. The National Family Health Survey 2019-21 reports 36percent of children under the age of five as stunted, 19percent as wasted, and 32percent as underweight. More than 25percent of the country’s population is categorized as multidimensionally poor by NITI Aayog.

These issues will only deepen further, and numbers will be more daunting as the population rises. Current situation demands new-age solutions, which can address multiple issues of climate change, competing land uses, biodiversity loss, and sustainability. Further pressurizing our land and water systems with resource-intensive agricultural practices may threaten food productivity as per the FAO, compromising the food security of the burgeoning population.

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Moneycontrol.com, 8 August, 2022, https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/opinion/population-india-must-be-quick-to-tackle-challenges-of-food-security-land-use-8977601.html


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