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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Modi to release atlas on food security today

Modi to release atlas on food security today

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published Published on May 19, 2010   modified Modified on May 19, 2010


The Institute for Human Development (IHD) & UN World Food Programme (WFP) have jointly prepared a `Food Security Atlas of Rural Bihar'. The first-ever atlas, prepared under the guidance of a Technical Advisory Committee chaired by Planning Commission member Prof Abhijit Sen, has analysed and depicted the food security situation in various districts of the state.

It has identified regions in the state that require priority attention for improving food security status. "It is hoped that the atlas will stimulate further analysis, action and advocacy for reducing the incidence of hunger in the state," said IHD's Delhi-based director Prof Alakh N Sharma.

IHD and WFP are organizing a function to release the atlas here on Thursday. Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi and Prof Sen have given consent to release the atlas. Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices chairman Prof S Mahendra Dev will preside over the function.

The atlas deals with Bihar's food security situation based on the findings of a recent exercise undertaken to identify the regions and social groups worst hit by food security. The study, according to Ashwini Kumar of IHD's Bihar programme office, suggests that there are several dimensions of the state economy which have a direct bearing on food security in the state.

Kumar said the incidence of poverty in rural Bihar is one of the highest in the country although the pace of its decline during 1994-2005 was higher than the all-India level.

After the release, a panel discussion will be held on the issues relating to food security in Bihar. Prof Sharma and UN WFP's country director Mihoko Tamamura will also be participating in the release function.


The Times of India, 20 May, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Modi-to-release-atlas-on-food-security-today/articleshow/5951533.cms


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