Nutrition Security Status in India — Challenges and Opportunities

To improve nutrition security in India, this paper has discussed important strategies such as promotion of industrial fortified products, promotion of homestead gardening practices, snacks based food supplements for women of child-bearing age, enhancement of diversified agricultural production, empowerment of rural women, strengthening of links between agriculture-nutrition and health sectors, providing nutrition education, groundwater improvement, climate change mitigation in agriculture for sustainable production, and development of infrastructures in marginalized areas. The paper has observed that even though India has many policies to address food insecurity and malnutrition, the focus of reforms should now be shifted to more efficient delivery systems and transformation of nutrient-rich agricultural production and distribution process.