Indian Food Security; from Problem to Solution through Household Food Security

Abstract

This paper assess food security in India especially in rural area where food security condition is far behind. India is one of countries suffering from food insecurity that leads to nutrition insecurity. To achieve food security is not about how much food being produced, or analyzed the availability of food but also about food utility, a condition where everyone can achieve food nutrition with amount of food being produced. So, food security is also about how people can buy food in adequate price and accessible to free from malnutrition and obtain good dietary for healthy life, the utility of food. Therefore, if we want to achieve food security, this is important to provide high nutrition food with affordably price rather than provide high food production but people have no access to it. Therefore, this paper assess India problem in food security, impact and solutions, Which on food security in household level. This research is a qualitative research utilizes library research to gather and analyses the data. It found that, India food security problem mostly occurs in rural area which cause malnutrition therefore, to achieve food security in India, the government combines government programs with household and women programs such as giving subsidy for small and poor household, giving food to children and subsidizing grain for farmers and create home garden.