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Poverty and malnutrition in the rural areas of Mizoram state is a common phenomenon. Our study shows that about 33 % population lives below poverty line and 17 % population suffers from chronic poverty. As agrarian practices—agricultural and livestock farming—are the main occupation of the rural people and output from it insufficient to carry livelihood sustainably, people suffer from food insecurity. In this chapter, we studied the present status of food security and poverty and suggested how food security can be attained.
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Sati, V.P., Vangchhia, L. (2017). Food Security and Poverty. In: A Sustainable Livelihood Approach to Poverty Reduction. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45623-2_8
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