期刊名称：World Food Aid Needs and Availabilities. Food Security Assessment
出版年度：2003
卷号：14
页码：35-35
出版社：U. S. Department of Agriculture
摘要：India has made enormous progress in providing food security for its people.
Per capita calorie consumption increased 20 percent between the early 1980s
and 2000. However, a sizeable share of the population still lacks access to sufficient
quantities of food. Poverty remains a problem in that nearly a third of the country¡¯s
population lives below the poverty line. In the 1990s, rising prices of staple foods
was the principal constraint to improving economic access to food. This increase was
in contrast to a declining historical trend and reflects a fundamental contradiction in
India¡¯s food policy. Policymakers seek to provide low-priced foods to consumers
while supporting producer prices. Mounting government expenditures are required
to subsidize both farmers and consumers through price policies, implying the need
for policy alternatives to address the trade-off between the welfare of the poorer consumer
and that of the producer.
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