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Which are the people more prone to food insecurity?
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Answer to be written in the exam:
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People more prone to food insecurity are:
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The worst affected groups are
landless people with little or no land to depend upon,
traditional artisans, providers of traditional services, petty self-employed workers, and destitute including beggars.
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In the
urban areas
, food insecure families are those whose working members are generally
employed in ill-paid occupations and the casual labor market.
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These
workers are largely engaged in seasonal activities
and are paid very low wages that just ensure bare survival.
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The social composition along with the
inability to buy food also plays a role in food insecurity.
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The
SCs, STs and some sections of the OBCs
(lower castes among them) who have either
poor land bases or very low land productivity
are prone to food insecurity.
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The
people affected by natural disasters,
who have to migrate to other areas in search of work, are also among the most food-insecure people.
- A large proportion of pregnant and nursing mothers and children under the age of 5 years constitute an important segment of the food-insecure population.
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