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| Food Insecurity Atlas of Rural India | |||
| The Food Insecurity Atlas of Rural India is a unique Book. Food insecurity has been studied and analysed in this book at the state level, from three different angles. First is availability of food, which is a function of production. | |||
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| The second is access to food, which is a function of purchasing power or employment and earnings. The third is absorption of food into the body, which is a function of environmental hygiene, primary healthcare and the quality of drinking water. | |||
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| The Atlas has a series of maps, each map describing the relative food insecure situation of the state. There are three aggregate maps of food availability, food access and food absorption and a final map food insecurity depicting the most food insecure state that needs immediate attention. The Book also suggests an action plan to make India hunger free and food secure. | |||
| (Review: By P.R. Brahmananda in The Hindu Business Line on August 4, 2001) | |||