Effect of Global Warming on Food Security

This chapter will aim to explicate the challenges posed by global warming or the climate change conditions on food security especially from the point of view of India. The negative impact of global warming has been seen, especially in developing economies, on the agricultural yields leading towards food insecurity. The four pillars of food security (i.e., availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability) are having an impact on climate change. The present study will begin by highlighting the concept of global warming. It will further provide an overview of the Indian food security system followed by the impact of global warming on the food security level in India. The study will also highlight the global warming and food security scenario in the present situation of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Efficient Delivery Of Government Schemes Using Blockchain Technology And Cryptography

India is a country of growing population and agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for about 58 per cent of Indians population. The Indian food industry is poised for huge growth, increasing its contribution to world food trade every year due to its immense potential for value addition, particularly within the food processing industry. Government of India is giving more priority for welfare of the farmers. In this regard it is implementing several welfare schemes to provide financial support to farmers. Various schemes were introduced by the government, but the benefits of these schemes do not reach to the common people in our case farmers due to corruption happening at the middleware. Hence there is need of a reliable, authorized and secured system to maintain and manage these transactional records. This is where blockchain comes into picture. One of the aims of our system is to ensure that the amount transferred by the authority to a particular farmer, reaches to him/her without any corruption and system manipulation using the features of blockchain and cryptography.

Review of Online Food Delivery Industry of India

Earlier people used to go to the hotel, but the scenario has changed drastically in last few years. Due to changes in lifestyle and recent pandemic situations the lifestyle of Indians has changed considerably. This has given tremendous boost to the online food delivery business. In recent time, India has witnessed rapid increase in number of food delivery startups, supporting the aspirations of millions of urban citizens of India. Currently Indian food delivery market is occupied by global, national as well as local business establishments in this food delivery industry. Zomato, Foodpanda, Swiggy, Uber Eats, Domino’s, Pizza Hut and Mc Donald’s are a few major names which are predominant. The users get wider choice of all the online available hotels through menu of the restaurants at a very reasonable cost and that too at their home. It saves time, travelling cost of the users. All this process of food delivery system comprises few fundamental components. Among that the first is the cooking of the food product as per the requirements of the online customers and delivering these food products through online platform is the basic business model which is used. As the customer’s choices are varying with time this system will be evolving with innovative ideas to meet the changing requirements and expectations of the customers. This business models uses basically requirement of the customers; motivating them for bringing the dynamism within the market as well as within the food industry and delivering the food through the delivery personal. For ensuring the success of this online delivery model the entrepreneurs has to ensure few things which includes certain features which will be; taking care of various aspects of market as well as technological aspects. Also the opportunities and challenges that will be faced by this online food delivery system will be more clear as the time will pass. The sustainability about this food delivery business models will be depending on the benefits which will be provided to the customers and user and how much it continues to attract the venture capitalist and various investors in this online food delivery business.

Panel Data Modelling for Indian Food Grain Production

The present investigation was carried out to study the food grain production trends in different states in India based on Panel Regression Model for the period 2001-02 to 2020-2021. The results reveal that between state-to-state food grain production is highly significant the highest food grain production was registered in Uttar Pradesh followed by Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. Very lowest was registered in Kerala and Himachal Pradesh. The findings reveal that the highly significant fixed effect model was found to be suitable to study the trend and this model explains the 82% of variations in food grain production. Over all increasing in food grain production is noted.

Antecedents and consequences of green supply chain management practices: a study of Indian food processing industry

PurposeThis study aims to empirically test a comprehensive green supply chain management (GSCM) practices model. This paper incorporates green intellectual capital (GIC) and green supply chain orientation (GSCO) as antecedents to the successful implementation of GSCM practices and organizational performance as its consequence.Design/methodology/approachThis study has been conducted in the Indian food processing industry. The respondents of this study include 139 plant-level managers working in the food processing industry. The managers were contacted using a combination of personal visits, phone and mail. Structural equation modeling was performed using SPSS AMOS v26 to test the hypothesized model.FindingsThe findings of this study reveal that GIC and GSCO positively impact the implementation of GSCM practices. Further, GSCM practices improve economic and operational performance, leading to improved organizational performance.Practical implicationsThis study provides implications for managers suggesting that GSCM practices should be implemented in phases. The first phase must reflect the organization's commitment toward building GIC and the second phase must reflect managerial orientation toward implementation for GSCM practices.Originality/valueThis study adds to the existing literature by linking GIC to GSCM practices; second, this study provides a framework for implementation of GSCM practices in the food processing industry.

Fair Trade Alliance and its Pertinence in the Indian Scenario

The account of Indian agriculture dates back to Indus Valley Civilization. As per Indian Agriculture and Allied Industries Industry Report 2020, Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for 58 per cent of India’s population with significant contribution to Indian GDP, Gross Value Added (GVA) growth with 4 Per cent by agriculture, forestry, and fishing was estimated to be Rs 19.48 lakh crore (US$ 276.37 billion) in FY20(PE). The Indian food processing industry accounts for 32 per cent of the country’s total food market, one of the largest industries in India, and is ranked fifth in terms of production, consumption, export, and expected growth. The Indian agriculture sector is predominately unorganized and dominated by players from the unorganized sector with the exploitation of producers by market participants. The current paper tries to study the prospects of Fairtrade practice in Kerala by making a critical analysis of the problems and prospects of the Fair trade practices in Kerala. Fair trade in border sense tries to address the concerns of producers through structured arrangements designed to help producers in emerging countries attain sustainable and equitable trade relationships through an organised set of practices. Fair trade advocates for the Premium price, Better working, socio, and economic and environmental standards for producers. FTAK commenced in 2006, small farmers’ organization located in South India that grows coffee, cashew nuts, and tropical spices. Incorporated with objectives enabling farmers to tap global markets and enhance income through Fairtrade which tries to surpass the upcoming challenges of food security, the appropriation/utilization of rural land, the effects of pests and disease on their livelihoods, destruction of crops by wildlife, and the unwillingness of the younger generation to continue with agriculture. FTAK tries to preserve the historical legacy of Indian cash crops by creating sustainable livelihood for producers engaged in fair trade and help to calibrate the food security for a growing population.