| dc.contributor | Ecosystems Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | India | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-25T12:45:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-25T12:45:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-07 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-92-807-4169-8 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | DEP/2659/NA | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/45991 | |
| dc.description | As India looks towards 2030 and
beyond, its food system confronts
a myriad of challenges, including
heightened pressure on natural
resources, the impact of climate
change, land fragmentation,
increasing urbanization, high rates
of malnutrition among children
and impacts of chemical inputs on
human health (Gulati et al. 2023).
Major concerns around natural
resources include the decline in
yields, soil fertility, soil organic carbon
(SOC), and water scarcity. 86 per cent
of the farmers in India are small and
marginal – 126 million farmers with
an average holding of 0.6 hectares
(India, Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmer’s Welfare 2019) – posing
challenges for access to improved
technologies, extension services,
credit, and markets that would enable them to mitigate and adapt to these
challenges. Women are particularly
affected by these challenges given
that the agriculture sector has the
highest share of women workers
(62.9%) of all industries in India (India,
Ministry of Labour and Employment
2023).
Many of these concerns in the
agriculture sector, as is the case
globally, have arisen from a
tendency to measure the success of
agricultural and food policies through
a narrow lens such as ‘yield per
hectare’ or ‘per capita production’ that
fails to consider agriculture and food
systems in a holistic manner, ignoring
the links between food systems, the
environment and human wellbeing.
If not amended, these can have
long-term deleterious effects on not
just food supply but also on human
health and nature. | en_US |
| dc.format | pdf | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | FOOD AND NUTRITION | en_US |
| dc.subject | BIODIVERSITY | en_US |
| dc.subject | FOOD SUPPLY | en_US |
| dc.subject | INDIA | en_US |
| dc.subject | SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE | en_US |
| dc.title | Promoting a Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sector: India | en_US |
| dc.type | Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies | en_US |
| dc.type | Publications | en_US |
| dc.type | Reports, Books and Booklets | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 2 - No Hunger | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production | en_US |
| wd.topics | Finance and Economic Transformations | en_US |
| wd.topics | Nature Action | en_US |
| wd.identifier.pagesnumber | 27 p. | en_US |
| wd.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.59117/20.500.11822/45991 | |
