date:Aug 19, 2013
rity, however, has two dimensions availability of food and access to food. While the former has been achieved, the same is not the case with the latter. Despite bumper crops, distribution of food grains continues to be faulty almost 30% of the food produced in the country is wasted. In such a scenario, it is important for us to reorient our historical agricultural policy framework from managing shortages to promoting efficiencies and value addition. Moreover, there is a need to increase the r