Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India

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Mapping the Food Festivals and Sustainable Capitals: Evidence from Poland

“…Sustainable development of food system is understood as meeting the needs of consumers today and in the future, while minimizing the use of non-renewable resources and the environmental impact [57]. According to the assumptions of the European Commission (2020), a sustainable food system ensures food security and nutrition for all in such a way that the economic, social, and environmental foundations of generating food security and nutrition for future generations are not endangered.…”

Assessing the sustainability of post-Green Revolution cereals in India

“…Between the years 1966 and 2011, total cropped areas for monsoon cereals remained nearly constant, while harvested areas dedicated to monsoon rice increased from 52% to 67% (+7.3 Mha) (26). Owing to the increased share of monsoon cereal area dedicated to rice—often in places where agroecological conditions are not well suited (e.g., water scarcity) (28), there have been large declines in areas used for coarse cereals such as finger millet, pearl millet, and sorghum as well as dietary shifts away from their consumption (27, 29). This growing dominance of rice in monsoon croplands is due to the underlying policy regime that has made rice cultivation more profitable, expanded use of irrigation and other agricultural inputs, and focused investments in research and development (7, 28).…”

“…Owing to the increased share of monsoon cereal area dedicated to rice—often in places where agroecological conditions are not well suited (e.g., water scarcity) (28), there have been large declines in areas used for coarse cereals such as finger millet, pearl millet, and sorghum as well as dietary shifts away from their consumption (27, 29). This growing dominance of rice in monsoon croplands is due to the underlying policy regime that has made rice cultivation more profitable, expanded use of irrigation and other agricultural inputs, and focused investments in research and development (7, 28). Yet these cereals have higher nutritional quality (30) ( SI Appendix , Table S1), greater resource use efficiencies per unit of production (31–35), and lower sensitivity to climate variability compared to rice (even after controlling for areas where rice production co-occurs with that of coarse cereals) (36).…”

Comment on “Poverty and Growth in India Over the Past Six Decades”

“…After all, many states in India are as big or bigger than many nations. Pingali et al () provide a detailed discussion on the differential growth experience of Indian states and explain them in terms of their initial investments in agricultural productivity growth and their subsequent focus on non‐agricultural employment growth. The incidence of poverty and the pace of its reduction has been closely associated with the historical growth experience at the state level.…”

“…Provisioning the cities with food and other agricultural products, as well as increased non‐farm employment opportunities, provides new growth opportunities for rural economies. Such initiatives may stimulate rural economic growth but could also have significant poverty reduction effects where these opportunities are inclusive of the rural poor (Pingali et al, ). Connecting small farms to urban food value chains, via aggregation models such as farmer producer organizations, is one example of an initiative that could create inclusive growth.…”