Child malnutrition in India: Why does it persist?
Published By: Child In Need Institute (CINI)?? | Published Date: January, 01 , 2010An estimated forty per cent of the world’s severely malnourished children under five live in India. This is a shameful stain on a country that, with China, will be one of the great economic powerhouses of the coming century.
India has made huge strides in the past decades in warding off the spectre of famine. The Green Revolution should have gone a long way to tackling child malnutrition, Norman Borlaug’s creation of dwarf spring wheat strains in the 1960s meant that India could feed itself at last. Better farming techniques and food security policies have made
mass starvation a thing of the past.
Author(s): Sam Mendelson | Posted on: Jun 28, 2013 | Views(636) | Download (85)