Question

Despite being one of the growing economies, our country still has a large section of population going hungry and malnourished. Do you think an efficient crop production mechanism is the only solution to this? Discuss in the class what else needs to be done to root our hunger and malnutrition from our country.

Answer 1

Hint: Malnutrition is a condition that results from eating a diet that does not supply a healthy amount of one or more nutrients. This includes diets that have too little nutrients of calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, or minerals.

Complete step by step answer: One-third of the world’s malnourished children live in India. Among these, half of the children under three years old are underweight. India is an agriculture based country where most people still depend on agriculture as an earning source. Improvement in productivity can be a powerful tool to reduce undernutrition among the vast majority of the population, especially in countries where a large proportion of the population is dependent on agricultural livelihoods. Efficient crop production mechanism will help the farmers yield crops with high yielding value as a result it will help them to earn from it. Also, it will not only help them to have a well-balanced diet but will have lots of people having a good diet with enough meals for the entire family.
-To root our hunger and malnutrition in our country we need to focus on more employment opportunities.
-One of the major causes of malnutrition in India is economic inequality.
-Due to the low social status of the population, their diet often lacks both quality and quantity.
-Women who suffer from malnutrition do not have healthy babies. Deficiencies in nutrition inflict long-term damage to both individuals and society.
-Access to sanitation facilities and women’s literacy, in particular, are found to be
strong factors affecting malnutrition.

Note: Nutrition-deficient individuals are more likely to have infectious diseases such as pneumonia and tuberculosis, which lead to a higher mortality rate. In addition, nutrition-deficient individuals are less productive at work. Low productivity not only gives low pay that traps them in a vicious circle of under-nutrition but also brings inefficiency to the society, especially in India where labor is a major input factor for economic production.