FOOD SECURITY WITH REFERENCE TO DEMAND-SUPPLY GAPS AND PROJECTIONS OF FOOD GRAINS IN AKOLA DISTRICT

SUDIP P. PATIL¹, GANESHKUMAR D. REDE²*, VANITA K. KHOBARKAR^3
1Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Post graduate Institute, Dr. P.D.K.V. Akola
²Department of Agricultural Economics, BCKV, Mohanpur, W.B.
³Department of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Post graduate Institute, Dr. P.D.K.V. Akola
* Corresponding Author : ganeshrede3156@gmail.com

Received : 13-05-2016     Accepted : 27-05-2016     Published : 18-09-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 37       Pages : 1771 - 1773
Int J Agr Sci 8.37 (2016):1771-1773

Keywords : Demand, Supply, Gaps, Projections, Population, Trend analysis, Food security
Academic Editor : Jichao Sun, Nimit Kumar, Yumnam Santosh, Gao Gang
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The food security is a primary concern of any developing country. Adequate nourishment is necessary to sustain healthy life and per capita availability of food has been considered as a measure of food security. So in this context, an effort has been made to examine the “Food security with reference to demand- supply gap and projections of food grain crops in Akola district”. The current investigation was grounded on secondary data composed from different government publications. The data covered a periods of 20 years i.e. 1990-91 to 2009-10. In order to study the production projection exponential growth function has been used assuming that the earlier inclinations will endure in the future. The supply projection for food grain crops was based on exponential trend fitted. The demand for the projected population of a given year was worked out as per the dietary recommendations of Indian Council of Medical Research. The results showed that on an average the district will have to face shortage of total food grains and will be surplus in pulses, especially in gram. The study revealed that the gap of cereals availability and requirement is widening and will remained widened in forthcoming years from 245212 tons during 2015 to 340765 tons during 2025. These forecasts have been constructed on adjustment in productivity levels, variations in price, growth of population and earnings progress. Demand and supply projections act as pointers to policy creators to frame their medium and long-term agricultural policies.