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Looking for Answers to the Food Security Problem: India under Current Compulsions

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Publisher:
UNU-WIDER
Series:
WIDER Research Paper
Volume:
2006/123
Title:
Looking for Answers to the Food Security Problem: India under Current Compulsions
Authors:
Nilabja Ghosh and Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis
Publication date:
2006
ISSN Web:
1810-2611
ISBN Web:
9291909076
ISBN 13 Web:
9789291909070
Copyright holder:
© UNU-WIDER
Copyright year:
2006
Keywords:
food insecurity, public works programmes, poverty alleviation, cereal consumption
JEL:
I38, D63, H75
Project:
Hunger and Food Security: New Challenges and New Opportunities
Sponsor:
The governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency-Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
Format:
online
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