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Food production & availability - Essential prerequisites for sustainable food security
Food and nutrition security are intimately interconnected, since only a food based approach can help in overcoming malnutrition in an economically and socially sustainable manner. Food production provides the base for food security as it is a key determinant of food availability. This paper deals wi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24135188 |
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author | Swaminathan, M.S. Bhavani, R.V. |
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description | Food and nutrition security are intimately interconnected, since only a food based approach can help in overcoming malnutrition in an economically and socially sustainable manner. Food production provides the base for food security as it is a key determinant of food availability. This paper deals with different aspects of ensuring high productivity and production without associated ecological harm for ensuring adequate food availability. By mainstreaming ecological considerations in technology development and dissemination, we can enter an era of evergreen revolution and sustainable food and nutrition security. Public policy support is crucial for enabling this. |
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spelling | pubmed-38186072013-11-18 Food production & availability - Essential prerequisites for sustainable food security Swaminathan, M.S. Bhavani, R.V. Indian J Med Res Special Section Nutrition & Food Security Food and nutrition security are intimately interconnected, since only a food based approach can help in overcoming malnutrition in an economically and socially sustainable manner. Food production provides the base for food security as it is a key determinant of food availability. This paper deals with different aspects of ensuring high productivity and production without associated ecological harm for ensuring adequate food availability. By mainstreaming ecological considerations in technology development and dissemination, we can enter an era of evergreen revolution and sustainable food and nutrition security. Public policy support is crucial for enabling this. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3818607/ /pubmed/24135188 Text en Copyright: © The Indian Journal of Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Special Section Nutrition & Food Security Swaminathan, M.S. Bhavani, R.V. Food production & availability - Essential prerequisites for sustainable food security |
title | Food production & availability - Essential prerequisites for sustainable food security |
title_full | Food production & availability - Essential prerequisites for sustainable food security |
title_fullStr | Food production & availability - Essential prerequisites for sustainable food security |
title_full_unstemmed | Food production & availability - Essential prerequisites for sustainable food security |
title_short | Food production & availability - Essential prerequisites for sustainable food security |
title_sort | food production & availability - essential prerequisites for sustainable food security |
topic | Special Section Nutrition & Food Security |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24135188 |
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