A Bill to provide for food and nutritional security, in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate … quantity of quality food at affordable prices, for people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or … incidental thereto. Comments/suggestions on the draft Bill may be sent upto 30.09.2011 by email to ecoadv.fpd@nic.in. URL:[http://fcamin.nic.in/dfpd_html/Draft_National_Food_Security_Bill.pdf]. …

National Food Security Bill. After due deliberations and wide ranging consultations, the NAC finalized the details of the basic … framework of the proposed National Food Security Bill at its meeting held on 23 October, 2010. Based on the recommendations … already communicated to the Government, as a first step towards preparing the draft National Food Security Bill, a detailed …

food security. It supplements (i) the NAC recommendations on food security released on 23 October 2010; and (ii) the NAC … Framework Note on the Draft National Food Security Bill released on 21 January 2011.http://nac.nic.in/foodsecurity/explanatory_note.pdf …

Among the major challenges currently faced by humanity are food security and climate change. Agriculture plays a … significant role in both. Adapting to climate change is expected to be an increasing issue for agriculture and food security in … gases. This significant contribution can be achieved not only without jeopardizing food security but also while promoting …

This paper examines the efficacy of the current system of public foodgrains management and policies in promoting food …

This study aims to investigate the impact of CFPR/TUP programme on the food and nutrient consumption. The report is … presented in two parts- the first part is based on the comparison of food and energy intake data between 2002 and 2004 to assess … the changes in food consumption among the ultra poor households over the period. The second part describes the differences …

food is cooked and served within the schools premises, and the centralized model where an external organization, often …, providing adequate quality and quantity of food to children, and serving as a source of employment for women or lower caste … operates; and nine schools in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where the decentralized model operates, the food being cooked in kitchens …

investigation is the local production of food by self-help groups from the community where the anganwadi centre (AWC) is located …, which is believed to allow for better quality of food as compared to the centralized model, as well as have the added …