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Wheat export ban, food security and public health -Harinder Happy And Shivam Mogha

-The New Indian Express

Rice has never been a staple food of Punjab, and the irony is that the rice crop covers the largest fertile area in Punjab.

The recent developments regarding the international trade of Indian wheat has sparked a debate about India’s export policies. Besides the economics of the export ban move and India’s foreign policy, the public health perspective should also influence decisions regarding  the trading and distribution of agricultural products. The remarkable study Hunger and Malaria Epidemic in Colonial Punjab by Shiela Zurbrigg provides us with evidence that fluctuation in prices of foodgrains can occur due to changes in climatic conditions. International prices have a direct impact on food availability. It affects the household economy and even impacts the spread of diseases, which can lead to epidemics as well.

British epidemiologist Thomas McKeown argued that nutrition and environment play a significant role in determining the health of the individual and society. The fundamental difference between food security and nutrition security is that food policy not only focuses on meeting nutritional needs but also cares about healthy and diversified diets. Apart from this, food that is easily affordable and available in a timely manner strengthens the immune system of the body.

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