Pulses for nutrition in India: Changing patterns from farm to fork

Devesh Roy, Pramod Kumar Joshi and Raj Chandra

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Abstract: What will it take for India, with a burgeoning population of well over a billion, to meet its food needs in the coming years? If the country is to speed progress in reducing hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity, it must first revisit its food policy framework and level the playing field for nongrain crops. In Pulses for Nutrition in India: Changing Patterns from Farm to Fork, leading researchers consider the role that pulses can play in improving food security and nutrition as well as the changes necessary in production practices to accomplish these goals.

Keywords: nutrition; grain legumes; famine; malnutrition; diet; food preferences; protein intake; farming systems; climate change; agricultural policies; food security; agricultural development; low income groups; poverty; agricultural productivity; India; Asia; Southern Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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