Changes in Food Consumption and the Implications for Food Security and undernourishment: India in the 1990s

This article examines the changes in the nature and quantity of food consumption in India during the reform decade of the 1990s, and analyses their implications for calorie intake and undernourishment. The study documents the decline in cereal consumption, especially in the urban areas, and provides...

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Glavni autor: Ranjan Ray
Format: Printed Book
Izdano: Development and Change 38(2): 321-343 (2007). 2007
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Online pristup:http://10.26.1.76/ks/00986.pdf
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