CIRDAP organized an important and useful webinar titled “Empirical and Qualitative Study of Nutrition Security in India” on 4th April, 2024. Dr. Ruchira Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor & Head in-Charge, National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD-PR), Delhi Branch, India presented briefly on this research.
The presentation is a synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence on the four pillars of nutrition/food security in India (availability, access, utilization and stability). While there are growing concerns around food and nutrition insecurity, there are also cconcerns on shifting focus from barriers to food access and equity (demand side barriers) to technical solutions such as creating nutrition sensitive agro-ecological systems or changing production pattern (supply-side barriers).
To understanding the changes in India’s food security conditions is required this presentation
- Discussed the production, consumption and social protection using existing qualitative and quantitative evidences.
- Showed the evidence of changing Source and Composition of Indian Household Level consumption: Using the NSSO data from 1993-2011 this presentation will show that there has been a structural shift in India’s food access conditions and the shift is visible for both composition of diet as well as source of food
- Explored the intersection of this structural shift with other social/demographic indicators
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