In this Al Jazeera opinion piece, Stan Cox, a senior scientist at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, reports on a proposed Food Security Act in India and examines whether the measure could help solve the country?s food insecurity. He writes, ?So-called public food distribution systems (PDS) have operated for years in dozens of countries around the globe,? and notes, ?India?s PDS has been selling subsidized food through ?fair price shops? on a national basis since the 1970s.? He continues, ?The Food Security Act would increase the amount of grain going through the system by more than 75 percent.
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India?s Proposed Food Security Act Would Help But Not Solve Country?s Food?
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