NDLI: Achieving food security in times of crisis.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Swaminathan, M. S.
Spatial Coverage	India
Description	Country affiliation: India Author Affiliation: Swaminathan MS ( MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Third Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area, Chennai 600 113, India. chairman@mssrf.res.in)
Abstract	In spite of several World Food Summits during the past decade, the number of people going to bed hungry is increasing and now exceeds one billion. Food security strategies should therefore be revisited. Food security systems should begin with local communities who can develop and manage community gene, seed, grain and water banks. At the national level, access to balanced diet and clean drinking water should become a basic human right. Implementation of the right to food will involve concurrent attention to production, procurement, preservation and public distribution. Higher production in perpetuity should be achieved through an ever-green revolution based on the principles of conservation and climate-resilient farming. This will call for a blend of traditional ecological prudence with frontier technologies, particularly biotechnology and information communication technologies.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	18716784
Issue Number	5
Volume Number	27
e-ISSN	18764347
Journal	New Biotechnology
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Publisher Date	2010-11-30
Publisher Place	Netherlands
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Discipline Biomedical Engineering Discipline Molecular Biology Agriculture Food Supply Water Supply Economics Methods Biotechnology Diet Ecology Humans Hunger India Iron Deficiency Micronutrients Journal Article Review
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Molecular Biology Bioengineering Biotechnology

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