Zero Hunger In India Policies And Perspectives

Zero Hunger India: Perspectives and Policies is based on 6 philosophical Preambles, first of which is by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan. The book discusses the multi-faceted solutions on eradicating hunger and malnutrition of India. Advancements in agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, fisheries, husbandry, climate change, raising farmers income, extension services, gender inequalities and many more have been discussed by eminent personalities of each field with the single focus of making India hunger free. Foreword is by Hon. Ex-PM Of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, a keen academic himself, Dr. Singh was the Prime Minister during the period of passage of the food security bill. Six messages from Members of Parliament and Present and Former Director Generals of ICAR, New Delhi provide views by men and women of eminence. They also book carries an Extended Foreword by Prof. K V. Thomas M.P., the then Minister of Agriculture and Civil Supplies, GOI who piloted the National Food Security Act-2013 successfully. The book is dedicated to Prof. M S Swaminathan, the man whos vision bridged us from a nation borne out of hunger to its current state of agricultural surplus, on his 93rd birthday on 7th August 2018.