Role of Government
Cooperatives are playing a vital role in ensuring food security in India, especially in the southern and western regions of the country. These societies have established shops to provide affordable goods to impoverished individuals. For example, in Tamil Nadu, cooperatives operate around 94% of all fair-price shops. In Delhi, Mother Dairy is making significant progress in supplying milk and vegetables to consumers at government-set rates. Amul, another successful cooperative from Gujarat, has transformed the dairy industry in India through its White Revolution. These are just a few examples of the many cooperatives throughout India that are working to ensure food security for various sectors of society.
Similarly, in Maharashtra, the Academy of Development Science (ADS) has created a network of NGOs to establish grain banks in various regions. The ADS provides training and capacity-building programs for NGOs to improve food security. As a result, grain banks are gradually being established across Maharashtra. The ADS’s efforts to establish grain banks, facilitate replication through other NGOs, and influence government policy on food security have paid off handsomely. The ADS Grain Bank program is widely recognized as a successful and innovative food security intervention.
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Accessibility of food implies that every individual has access to it, and affordability ensures that a person has sufficient financial means to purchase safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary requirements. Thus, a country can only be considered food-secure when there is an adequate supply of food for all individuals, everyone has the financial capacity to buy food of acceptable quality, and there are no barriers to accessing food.
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