Accomplishing food security: Major constraints and policy framework

Pages: 2078-2085
Jyoti Gogia (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Uttar Pradesh)
Nandini Sharma (Department of Education in Social Sciences, Janaki Amal Khand, NCERT, New Delhi)
Neha Sikarwar (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Uttar Pradesh)

Food is a basic requirement for every individual’s existence. But the utility of food should not just get limited up to providing a mere survival to the mankind; rather it should also ensure a healthier and qualitative life to all. Prior to having the access to clothing, shelter, education or health care, people need to satisfy their hunger and feel secure for their future meals. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 2) of ending hunger, poverty and malnutrition by the end of 2030 is a foremost aspiration for many countries. But, supplying nutritious food in a sufficient quantity to the ever-increasing world population in a sustainable manner is still a major challenge. Globally, a segment of society is facing problem of poverty coinciding with food insecurity, thereby leading to hunger and starvation. The paper highlights poverty and food insecurity problems within the framework of population growth. The paper argues that it is essential to pay attention on population growth, poverty and food insecurity issues globally and also, in particular to our nation’s standpoint, with the aim of realizing the Sustainable Development Goals.