BOOK LAUNCH “TRANSFORMING FOOD SYSTEMS FOR A RISING INDIA”

Book Launch “Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India”

Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), ICAR, and ICRISAT in collaboration is jointly organizing the book launch of “Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India” by Prabhu Pingali, Anaka Aiyar, Mathew Abraham and Andaleeb Rahman.

Date: Friday, January 17, 2020 at 5:00 pm

Venue: Lecture Room 1 Annex, India International Centre, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi

Watch: Live streaming of the book launch and panel discussion through facebook.com/IFPRISAO

Panel Discussion:  Dr. Shahidur Rashid, Director, IFPRI South Asia, Dr. Purvi Mehta, Senior Advisor and Head of Agriculture for Asia, BMGF and Dr. Peter Carberry, Director General, ICRISAT

About the Book

Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India By: Prabhu Pingali, Anaka Aiyar, Mathew Abraham and Andaleeb Rahman

The Indian growth story is a paradoxical one. Despite economic progress over the past two decades, regional inequality, food insecurity and malnutrition problems persist. Simultaneously, recent trends in obesity along with micro-nutrient deficiency portend to a future public health crisis.

This book explores various challenges and opportunities to achieve a nutrition-secure future through diversified production systems, improved health and hygiene environment and greater individual capability to access a balanced diet contributing to an increase in overall productivity.

The authors bring together the latest data and scientific evidence from the country to map out the current state of food systems and nutrition outcomes. They place India within the context of other developing country experiences and highlight India’s status as an outlier in terms of the persistence of high levels of stunting while following global trends in obesity. This book discusses the policy and institutional interventions needed for promoting a nutrition-sensitive food system and the multi-sectoral strategies needed for simultaneously addressing the triple burden of malnutrition in India.

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy book series (Series Editor: Chris Barrett)

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Reviews

‘This book… brings together high quality research, real world pragmatism and an understanding of the politics of Indian food systems.’

— Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, GAIN and 2018 World Food Prize Laureate

‘[The authors] have done a masterful job of [demonstrating] paradoxes of India’s rapid economic growth concurrently with… persistent poverty, food insecurity and… a triple burden of malnutrition.’

— Uma Lele, President-Elect International Association of Agricultural Economics (IAAE)

‘Using a broad food systems approach, this book presents an outstanding and comprehensive analysis of the Indian food and agricultural system and its interaction with climate change, nutrition and health.’

— Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University and 2001 World Food Prize Laureate