FOOD SECURITY WITH REFERENCE TO DEMAND-SUPPLY GAPS AND PROJECTIONS OF FOOD GRAINS IN AKOLA DISTRICT
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 37
Abstract
The food security is a primary concern of any developing country. Adequate nourishment is necessary to sustain healthy life and per capita availability of food has been considered as a measure of food security. So in this context, an effort has been made to examine the “Food security with reference to demand- supply gap and projections of food grain crops in Akola districtâ€. The current investigation was grounded on secondary data composed from different government publications. The data covered a periods of 20 years i.e. 1990-91 to 2009-10. In order to study the production projection exponential growth function has been used assuming that the earlier inclinations will endure in the future. The supply projection for food grain crops was based on exponential trend fitted. The demand for the projected population of a given year was worked out as per the dietary recommendations of Indian Council of Medical Research. The results showed that on an average the district will have to face shortage of total food grains and will be surplus in pulses, especially in gram. The study revealed that the gap of cereals availability and requirement is widening and will remained widened in forthcoming years from 245212 tons during 2015 to 340765 tons during 2025. These forecasts have been constructed on adjustment in productivity levels, variations in price, growth of population and earnings progress. Demand and supply projections act as pointers to policy creators to frame their medium and long-term agricultural policies.
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GANESHKUMAR D. REDE
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