Achieving Zero Hunger in India

Professor S. Mahendra Dev is Distinguished Professor at ICFAI Faculty of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He was Director and Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR),  Mumbai, India from 2010  to 2022. Prior to this position, he was Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Ministry of Agriculture from 2008 to 2010.He was Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C. His main areas of interest are agriculture, rural economy, rural non-farm sector, economic growth, global economy, macro policies, employment and unemployment, social protection, development economics and social sector. He published around 150 articles in national and international articles. He has written or edited 20 books. Dr. A. Ganesh-Kumar is Professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. He is a Ph.D. from theIndian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He specializes in computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling with a focus on food security and grain management policies; issues in agricultural trade; pricing policies; spatial dimensions of Indian economy; and policies for sustainable human development and economic growth.Dr. Vijay Laxmi Pandey is Professor at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India. She is an agricultural economist by training and has over 25 years of experience working in the field of agriculture and its relations with environment, nutrition, and rural economy. She has vast experience of conducting household level surveys. She has successfully completed many national and international research and consultancy projects and has a large number of research publications, which include research papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, a book and policy reports.

• Chapter 1. Introduction and Synthesis of the Book.- Chapter 2. Evolution of India’s Policy Response to Hunger. Nutrition and Food Security Since Independence.- Chapter 3. Are Gender Budgets Necessary for Reducing Inequalities in Health Outcomes? An Exploratory Analysis.- Chapter 4. Food Security in Rural Bihar: Findings from a Longitudinal Survey.- Chapter 5. Food Security Atlas of Rural Jharkhand.- Chapter 6. Milk Consumption Pattern of Young children: A Relook at the Indian Evidence.- Chapter 7. Revisiting Women’s Empowerment as an Agriculture-Nutrition Pathway Using the Framework of Intersectionality.- Chapter 8. A Search for Appropriate Calorie Intake Norm for Indian States.- Chapter 9. Socio-Legal Analysis of the Impact of Food Insecurity and Hunger on Right to Health of Urban Poor Living in the State of Gujarat.- Chapter 10. Subjective Wellbeing of Women in The Marine Fisherfolk of Kerala: Anthropological Insights on Life Experience, Attitude and Life Satisfaction.- Chapter 11. Exploring The Prevalence of Undernutrition and Consumers’ Knowledge, Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Bio-Fortified Food.- Chapter 12. Does Crop Insurance Promote Nutrition and Good Health among Women and Children in the Agrarian Households of India?- Chapter 13. Dietary diversity and anaemia among women: A study of four Indian states.- Chapter 14. Gendering Tribal Food Security in Uttar Pradesh.