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ContentsForewardPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Tables, Figures, Maps and Boxes ....................................................................................List of Abbreviations .....................................................................................................................Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. 11. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 51.1 What is Food Security?1.2 Structure of the Report2. A Profile of the State of Maharashtra ........................................................................... 102.1 Agro-Ecological and NSS Regions2.2 Poverty2.3 Economy2.3.1 Role of Agriculture in Maharashtra Economy2.4 Health and Nutritional Status3. Analysis of Food Security ............................................................................................... 203.1 Measuring Food Security Status3.2 Explaining Food Security3.2.1 Food Availability3.2.2 Food Access3.2.3 Food Absorption3.3 Food Security Index (FSI)4. Food Availability ............................................................................................................... 324.1 Agricultural Growth4.2 Production4.3 Per Capita Value of Agricultural Output4.4 Coverage of Irrigation Facilities4.5 Forests4.6 Status of Road Connectivity4.7 Availability Status5. Access to Food ................................................................................................................ 455.1 Rural Wages5.2 Average Per Capita Monthly Expenditure5.3 Agricultural Labourers5.4 Proportion of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes5.5 Ratio of Working Age Population5.6 Rural Female Literacy5.7 Women’s Workforce Participation5.8 Urbanization and Migration5.9 Food Access Indexxi
6. Food Absorption .............................................................................................................. 636.1 Primary Health Centres6.2 Safe Drinking Water6.3 Food Absorption Status7. Addressing Food Insecurity in Maharashtra ............................................................... 697.1 Food Security Index (FSI)7.2 Identifying Priority Districts7.3 Strategies for Promoting Food Security7.3.1 Enhancing Availability7.3.2 Improving Access to Food7.3.3 Enhancing Absorption7.3.3.1 Clean Drinking Water: Rural Water Supply7.4 Improving Performance of Government Schemes8. Conclusion: Towards A Food Secure Maharashtra .................................................... 99References .............................................................................................................................. 105Appendix 1: Right to Food ...................................................................................................... 109Appendix 2: Food Security Index (FSI): A Methodological Note ........................................... 113Appendix 3: Index and Normative Value ............................................................................... 118xii
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Page 3 and 4: Copyright © 2010The UN World Food
Page 5 and 6: TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUPChairperson
Page 8: PrefaceIndia is home to more than a
Page 14 and 15: List of Tables, Figures, Maps and B
Page 16 and 17: List of AbbreviationsADAPTAIDISAPLA
Page 19 and 20: Executive SummaryExecutive SummaryF
Page 21 and 22: capacities and knowledge.Measures t
Page 24 and 25: 1. Introduction1. IntroductionIndia
Page 26 and 27: production. This portion of the con
Page 28: other states in the country. In lin
Page 31 and 32: Map 2.1: Maharashtra: Administrativ
Page 33 and 34: Table 2.2: Percentage Poverty Rates
Page 35 and 36: Table 2.6: Sectoral Composition of
Page 37 and 38: Table 2.8: Mortality and Nutritiona
Page 39: Table 2.11: Status of ConsumptionPe
Page 42 and 43: Children who are more than two stan
Page 44 and 45: Map 3.1: Food Security Outcome Map
Page 46 and 47: Table 3.3: Indicators used to Compu
Page 48 and 49: the ‘normal’ entitlements to fo
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The state has a modest coverage (15
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Map 4.4: Status of Rural Connectivi
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Table 4.8: Indicators Used in Const
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5. Access to Food5. Access to FoodT
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Table 5.2: Rural Casual Wage Rate b
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5.3. Agricultural LabourersMaharash
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Table 5.7: Proportion of Scheduled
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Table 5.9: Ratio of Working Age Pop
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Table 5.11: Rural Female Literacy b
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poor food security situation. In Ma
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Table 5.14: Urbanization in Maharas
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This re gional patter n of migratio
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6. Food Absorption6. Food Absorptio
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Map 6.1: Access to Health Services
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Map 6.3: Food Absorption Map of Rur
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Table 7.1: Ranks of Districts on Co
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Map 7.2: Maharashtra: Priority Dist
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e improved through better rural con
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Box 7.1: National Policy for Farmer
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A part of the wastelands has also b
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development policy for forest-dwell
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Table 7.6: Index of Public Interven
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Table 7.7: MGNREGS Performance, All
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Another policy implication from the
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The list of activities taken up und
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Box 7.5: The Forest Rights ActThe S
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women’s land rights also increase
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Box 7.6: Ralegan Siddhi: A Village
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may not be a corresponding improvem
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Infants and Young ChildrenBox 7.8:
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frequent disruption in the supply o
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panchayats, the panchayats perform
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Table 8.1: Key Interventions in Pri
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Government of India (2007a), The Sc
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Srivastava, Ravi, 1997, “Rural La
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Thus, rights require state action w
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obligation of the state to provide
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Name of Variable and Description So
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The basic objective of using PCA is
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Appendix III: Index Value, Normativ
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Table A3.3:Index Values and Normati
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