The remainder of this chapter presents some facts that form the background motivation for this book: the production and consumption patterns of India’s pulse sector, the global context of trade in pulses and the position of India therein, the nutr
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book chapter
Structure of pulse processing in India
In this chapter, we analyze the pulse processing sector’s growth and the relative roles of the organized and the unorganized sectors of the industry.
India, a country with high concentrations of poor and malnourished people, long promoted a cereal-centric diet composed of subsidized staple commodities such as rice and wheat to feed its population of more than a billion.
Chapter 3 gives a detailed description of pulse production dynamics across regions and over time.
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Conclusions and way forward [In Pulses for nutrition in India: Changing patterns from farm to fork]
Chapter 8 concludes, drawing lessons from the studies in the preceding chapters to provide policy suggestions for the way forward.
discussion paper
The central position of agriculture within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
This paper provides a helpful framing to understand both why and how policy attention and investments should be channeled through agriculture and agrifood systems as key vehicles for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
project paper
Implications of wide-scale cropland restoration: A crucial element of the forest landscape restoration approach
The results of this study reveal that the full inclusion of crop production in the forest landscape restoration approach could produce largescale, worldwide benefits for food security and therefore facilitate a wide uptake of restoration practices
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Global, regional, and national trends
As the issue of famine looms large, it is easy to lose sight of the progress that has been made in the fight against hunger and undernutrition.
The uneven distribution of hunger and nutrition reflects the unequal distribution of power in the food system.
The main objective of this report is to identify interventions that work and recommend options for policies and programs to eliminate hunger and malnutrition in all its forms.
Armed conflict and prolonged drought has put about 20 million people at risk.
The 2016 Global Hunger Index Africa Edition is produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe in conjunction with NEPAD.
The 2016 Global Hunger Index Africa Edition is produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe in conjunction with NEPAD.
Der Welthunger-Index (WHI) 2016 ist der elfte in einer Reihe jährlicher Berichte, in denen die Hungersituation weltweit, nach Regionen und auf Länderebene mithilfe eines multidimensionalen Ansatzes dargestellt wird.
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2016 global hunger index by severity
Les pays en développement ont fait des progrès considérables dans la réduction de la faim depuis 2000. L’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2016 (GHI) montre que le niveau de la faim pour l’ensemble des pays en développement a diminué de 29 %.
Rispetto al 2000, il mondo in via di sviluppo ha fatto progressi sostanziali nella riduzione della fame. L’Indice Globale della Fame (GHI) 2016 mostra che i livelli di fame nei paesi in via di sviluppo si sono ridotti del 29%.
L’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2016 (GHI) - le onzième d’une parution annuelle - propose une mesure multidimensionnelle de la faim dans le monde au niveau international, national et régional.
Il rapporto dell’Indice Globale della Fame (Global Hunger Index, abbreviato in GHI) 2016 – al suo undicesimo anno – presenta una misurazione multidimensionale della fame a livello nazionale, regionale e mondiale.