Determinants and Regional Imbalance of Food Security for the Selected States in India

Abstract

Food security is the major issue of the world as well as in developing countries like India in recent times. The study examines the status of food security for 15 selected states in India during 1995–1996 to 2018–2019 where the statuses of food security for the states are estimated by applying the multidimensional food security index. The secondary data on different food security indicators are collected from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agricultural Organization, National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report, RBI bulletin, Economic and Political Weekly Research Foundation (EPWRF), and different issues of Statistical Abstract of India. The value of the food security index has significantly increased over the study period. The food security conditions for all the states have improved at higher rates in the second subperiod compared to the first subperiod in the country. It has also used panel autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) method for the estimation of log-term and short-term relationship between food security and socioeconomic indicators of various states in the country. The food security of most of the states could be improved with the improvement in the conditions on the per capita power consumption, workforce participation rate, and cropping intensity in the country. Furthermore, the regional imbalance has decreased establishing that food security of the poorer states improved at a higher rate compared to richer states.

Citation

Mondal, S.H. and Chattopadhyay, A.K. (2024), "Determinants and Regional Imbalance of Food Security for the Selected States in India", Das, R.C. (Ed.) Growth, Poverty and Developmental Aspects of Agriculture, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 191-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83608-076-320241013