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ISBN | 9788126928750 |
Format | HardBound |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Bib. Info | 272p.; hb |
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The essays collected in this book deal with various aspects of food security in a developing country like India, which is house for a large number of poor people living with hunger and malnutrition. Written over a period of more than two decades since the 1990s, these essays examine the macro level food security of India in terms of the long-term log linear trends in the minimum requirement of 2100 calories in urban areas and 2400 calories in rural areas, as recommended long ago by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).