Post on 13-Jul-2015
Causes of food insecurity
Ranjani.K.Murthy and Mercy Kappen
Objectives
To strengthen participants’ understanding of reasons for food insecurity,
• Objective 1
To strengthen participant’s understanding of gender specific reasons for food insecurity
• Objective 2
Food security
Production Access Utilisation
Group exercise
• Discuss the reasons for food insecurity emerging from Gangamma’s case study at three levels production, access and utilisation and possible solutions (including gender specific ones).
Reason’s for Gangamma’s food insecurity
Conversion of land for bio fuel
Use of Chemical fertilizer
Climate change & less production
Food
production
Contract failure
Lack of access to cash to buy food
Food access Mother and
daughter have lesser access to food.
Poor nutrition could affect daughter’s education
Food
utilization
Production and food insecurity
2% growth
Oilseeds
Pulses
little
Conversion of
agriculture land
Un-sustainable
practices
Bio fuel production
Contract farming
Climate change
Women have little
land
Access and food insecurity
Food grain exports more than imports
Cash is replacing kind wages
75% India <$2 (EAG worse)
Majority MF/SF, LL increasing
Access and food insecurity
Market access weak during monsoon and conflicts
Credit for food grain/pulse purchase poor
Food entitlements through schemes not reaching
Food utilization
Utilis-
ation
Less diversity
Fuel shortage
Time In ra HH
food distribution
Unhealthy food