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