Flood vulnerability and food security in eastern India: A threat to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Sam, Anu Susan; Abbas, Azhar; Padmaja, Subash Surendran; Sathyan, Archana Raghavan; Vijayan, Dhanya; Kächele, Harald; Kumar, Ranjit; Müller, Klaus

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102589

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“…India being a patriarchal society, females are assigned the primary role of household tasks, especially food preparation and feeding and child care, even if they are in the labour market (Krishnaraj, 2006). In many instances, females are found to compromise with their food and nutrient intake (Sam et al, 2021). Moreover, females’ biological conditions, such as postmenopausal anxiety and depression, and so on, may also lead to a higher level of psychological distress among them.…”

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Food Security and Psychological Distress among the Elderly in India

Gogoi

Hazarika

2022

Review of Development and Change

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Food insecurity affects nutrition, physical health and consequently one’s psychological well-being. Using a nationally representative longitudinal cohort of 29,308 Indian elderly people (aged 60+ years), this article examines the relationship between food insecurity and psychological distress. Self-reported emotional status experienced over the week before data collection was considered to construct psychological distress at the individual level. Based on the results of logistic regression, controlling for several demographic and socio-economic factors, a strong relationship was observed between food insecurity and psychological distress among the Indian elderly. This relationship is moderately higher in females than in males when accounting for demographic and socio-economic confounders. These findings have important policy implications urging intervention to enhance food security in the elderly at risk and to improve their physical and psychological health.

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Food Security and Psychological Distress among the Elderly in India

Gogoi

Hazarika

2022

Review of Development and Change

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“…Natural disasters raising consistency and severity in the current epoch caused multifold human losses and economic cost (Tirivangasi, 2018;Hoq et al, 2021) while expected human fatalities will be twice in 2050 (IPCC, 2020; World Bank, 2021). Drought and oods often are the foremost cause of social and economic risks about livelihood of grazing rangeland and ood prone communities (Eckstein et al, 2019;Sam et al, 2021). Frequent climatic uncertainties have rigorously in uenced human livelihood particularly rearing livestock and farming which are continuously encountering environmental diseases (Ahmad and Afzal, 2019; Loy and Spence, 2020), implementation of coping strategies in physical infrastructure to overcome tremendous climate of cold or heat related to consecutive disasters of droughts and oods (IPCC, 2018; Chu and Yang, 2018).…”

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Livelihood management strategies effectiveness in mitigation the impact of drought and improving pastoral household’s livability in Punjab Pakistan

Ahmad

Afzal

2023

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Environmental degradation due to intense climatic dynamics has raised frequency of natural disasters which particularly increased livelihood vulnerability of disaster-prone rural communities mainly inhabited in developing countries. Rangelands dilapidation and drought caused by climate change are some severe external disruptions confronted by pastoralists’ households. Anthropogenic and climatic stressors are anticipated to amplify pastoralists’ households’ vulnerability and pretense extra stress on rangelands. Examine and identify the livelihood outcomes, strategies and its profile more appropriate measure is to application the structure of sustainable livelihood. The particular purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of environmental and economic livelihood management strategies in disaster-prone areas of Punjab, Pakistan. Multiple cluster sampling approach was applied for the data collection of 768 various pastoral groups as agro-craft pastoral, servicing pastoral, agro-pastoral and pastoral households and applied principal component analysis for empirical estimation of the study. Even so, in perspective of pastoralists household’s livelihoods status traditional pastoral group has played crucial role. Estimates of the study indicated as pastoralist’s livelihood assets significantly drives households engagements in several livelihood strategies. Outcomes of the study suggested as application of livelihood diversification in pastoralists households can sustain appropriate circumstances of rangelands and lessen poverty in pastoralist’s community. On the other significant aspect, due to livelihood assets diversity in pastoralist’s households still no sole approach can concurrently make available mutually most favorable ecological sustainability and economic returns.

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“…The sustainability of the forestry sector was perceived as vital, for instance, as it had contributed to the rural economic development through the employment of people mainly from the rural area where job opportunities are low [2]. The employment opportunities in rural areas ensure income generation for every work done; therefore, it improves people's purchasing power and eventually leads to food security [3]. Food security is defined by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) as ".. a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life" [4].…”

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Sustainable Forest Management contribution to food security: A stakeholders’ perspectives in Sabah, Malaysia

Lintangah

Atin

Ibrahim

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Implementing Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) policy has contributed to conserving and protecting the forests to remain relevant for future generations. This study determines stakeholders’ viewpoint on the relationship between the implementation of SFM and food security in Sabah. The study was conducted by distributing online questionnaires through the SurveyMonkey platform using convenience sampling methods. Most of the respondents agreed that the forestry sector is still relevant to the development and generation of the economy and revenue to the state of Sabah. Apart from nature-based tourism, wood-based manufacturing, furniture industry, and agroforestry practices, other potential economic-generation segments are indigenous forest food productions, such as wild honey, fruits, vegetables, and game animals. The forestry sector could contribute to food security for Sabah by advancing the current practices and the use of local resources of forest foods. Other prospects are integrating natural and plantation forest management programs with the generation of forest food resources. Factors that could foster the forestry sector’s contribution to food security, among others, are research and innovation, education, involvement of local communities, and the role of government policy on forestry and food security in Sabah.

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Flood vulnerability and food security in eastern India: A threat to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

Cited by 24 publications

References 61 publications

Food Security and Psychological Distress among the Elderly in India

Food Security and Psychological Distress among the Elderly in India

Livelihood management strategies effectiveness in mitigation the impact of drought and improving pastoral household’s livability in Punjab Pakistan

Sustainable Forest Management contribution to food security: A stakeholders’ perspectives in Sabah, Malaysia

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