Food Security In India Test - 7

Minimum Support Price: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) purchases wheat and rice from the farmers in states where there is surplus production. The farmers are paid a pre-announced price for their crops. This price is called Minimum Support Price (MSP). The MSP is declared by the government every year before the sowing season to provide incentives to the farmers for raising the production of these crops. 

The FCI purchases foodgrains from the farmers in states with surplus food production and stores it in granaries. 

This is done to distribute foodgrains in the deficit areas and among the poor state of society at a price lower than the market price which is also known as issue price.

Hence, option ‘a’ is correct answer.

The Agriculture Department defines food insecurity as "limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways." This is done to distribute foodgrains in the deficit areas and among the poorer strata of society at a price lower than the market price also known as Issue Price. This also helps resolve the problem of shortage of food during adverse weather conditions or during the periods of calamity. The scarcity of food is caused by economic, environmental and social factors such as crop failure, overpopulation and poor government policies are the main cause of food scarcity in most countries. Food availability is defined as sufficient quantities of food. Appropriate quality, supplied through domestic production or. imports, including food aid. 

Hence, option ‘b’ is the correct answer.

Public distribution system (PDS) is an Indian food security system. Established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution, the scheme is managed jointly by State governments. It distributes subsidized food and non-food items to India's poor.

AGMARK is meant only for the agricultural-based products assuring their quality under the Directorate of Marketing & Inspection, Government of India wherein it acts as a Certifying Agency to certify if the product conforms to the quality standards. AGMARK is a certification mark employed on agricultural products in India, assuring that they conform to a set of standards approved by the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection an attached Office of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare under Ministry of Agricultural & Farmers AGMARK stands for Agriculture Mark. AGMARK sign is issued and certified by govt. of India directorate of marketing and inspection. It is used to certify the authentic standards for agricultural products.

Hence, option ‘b’ is correct answer.

The leading producer of soybean in India is Madhya Pradesh, followed by Maharashtra and Rajasthan. However, from that decade onward, Madhya Pradesh outperformed all states and emerged as India's Soy State. Today, Madhya Pradesh has 45% share in Soyabean Production in the country Production of soybean in India is dominated by Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh which contribute 89 per cent of the total production. Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat contribute the remaining 11 per cent production. Mahrashtra has the potential of becoming the leader in Soybean.
Hence, option ‘a’ is correct answer.

Food security implies availability, accessibility and affordability of food at all times. Thus, if a person is hungry for either part of the year or throughout the year, this indicates food insecurity.
If the person is chronically hungry, then that person is not able to access an adequate quality or quantity of food at any time. If the person is seasonally hungry, that person is not able to avail adequate quality or quantity of food at certain times of the year.