India - Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security : Achievements and the Challenges Ahead, Volume 1. Main Report

India - Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security : Achievements and the Challenges Ahead, Volume 1. Main Report

This report focuses on the performance of, and future challenges for, the Government of India's primary "direct food and nutrition safety nets" or food-based transfer programs designed to alleviate short-term food and nutrition insec...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ANEMIA ANEMIA CONTROL ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA AVERAGE CONSUMPTION CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILDHOOD CARE COMMODITIES COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK COST EFFECTIVENESS DAY CARE DONOR AGENCIES EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE SURVEY EXPENDITURES FOOD COMPONENT FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION FOREIGN EXCHANGE GIRLS HEALTH CENTER HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD INCOME IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFECTION INTERVENTION IRON LIFE EXPECTANCY LONG TERM LONG-TERM TRENDS MALNUTRITION MARKETING MINIMUM WAGE MOTHERS NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL INTAKE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD CHILDREN PARENTS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION EXPENDITURES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC HEALTH RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SAFE DRINKING WATER SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS SANITATION SCHOOLS SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SERVICES STUNTED CHILDREN STUNTING UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION VITAMIN A VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION WASTING WATER SUPPLY WORKERS FOOD SECURITY TRANSFER PROGRAMS PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PRICE STABILIZATION FOODGRAIN MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY PROGRAM COSTS MEAL PREPARATION SERVICES TARGETING FOOD FOR WORK DECENTRALIZATION COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION REGULATORY CONTROL FOOD POLICY WHEAT RICE WHEAT TRADE FOOD AID BUFFER STOCKS FOOD CONSUMPTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1490169/india-improving-household-food-nutrition-security-achievements-challenges-ahead-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15516

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Summary:	This report focuses on the performance of, and future challenges for, the Government of India's primary "direct food and nutrition safety nets" or food-based transfer programs designed to alleviate short-term food and nutrition insecurity and improve caring behavior within households. This study focuses on the public food distribution system, the government's buffer stocking operations for foodgrain price stabilization, food for work programs, the mid-day meals program, and the integrated child development support services program. A common denominator of this package of interventions is that they all provide direct food assistance to households to mitigate chronic and/or temporary shortfalls in household food consumption. These programs merit special attention as they form one of the key pillars of the government's food and nutrition security strategy. While there is general agreement that measures that promote economic growth and the development of a strong human resource base would have a stronger and more permanent impact on household food and nutrition security, these food-baed transfer programs nontheless play a critical role in enabling the poor and vulnerable households to alleviate the gap not only in short-term deficiencies in food consumption due to inadequate incomes, but also to ease the constraints to the use of selected health and related nutrition services essential to achieving and maintaining long-term nutritional well-being.

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