A Review on challenges and strategies for Improvement of Food and Nutrition Security in India
1S. Ravi Kiran and 2J. Achyutha Devi*
1Department of Botany and Food & Nutrition, R.B.V.R.R. Women’s College, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad – 500027 (India) 2Department of Zoology, R.B.V.R.R. Women’s College, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad – 500027 (India) *Corresponding Author E-mail: achyuthadevi@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The agricultural, cereal, and export price indices closed 3 percent, 3 percent, and 4 percent higher, respectively, since the last update. In low-income nations, domestic food price inflation is still high. The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2024 report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) highlights the complex relationships between diets, nutrition, and food commerce as well as the ways in which international food trade can affect dietary trends and nutritional results. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) describes the dire state of food security globally in its Global Humanitarian Overview 2025, noting that over 280 million people experience acute hunger every day. With 1.6 billion inhabitants, India is projected to be the world’s most populated nation by 2030. Currently, 456 million people, or 41.6% of the world’s population, live in poverty and make less than $1.25 a day, making up more than 17% of the total population. The primary issue that is present in all four of its dimensions—availability, access, usage, and stability—is nutrition security. This study focuses on key tactics to increase nutritional security in India, such as encouraging home kitchen gardens, diversifying diets, empowering rural women, educating people about nutrition, mitigating the effects of climate change, and utilizing ICT. Therefore, there is a need for a paradigm shift in policy formulation from focusing on food security at the aggregate level to nutrition security at the level of each child and adult.