Agricultural Resources Information System (AgRIS): An e ...

participation in international trade. Food security is intimately
linked with agriculture and trade. Trade liberalisation was
expected to contribute to food security through narrowing the
difference between production and consumption needs, reducing
supply variability, fostering economic growth and making more
efficient use of global resources. But the increasing
concentration of agricultural markets in the hands of a few
multinational companies has not provided an appropriate
framework for achieving food security.
1.14 Food security is an important ingredient of economic
development in developing countries, and achieving “food security
for all” would require: (i) access to resources by the poor, (ii)
better technologies for producing and distributing food supplies,
(iii) more efficient and accountable governments, and (iv) timely
and appropriate policies in the areas of food production,
nutrition, natural resources, markets, and trade. Almost all
studies of poverty in India have shown a combination of rising
food prices and decelerating agricultural growth is a sure
prescription for increased poverty. While agricultural growth
does have a positive correlation with poverty reduction, rural
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