Re: Is India facing a food crisis?
I think storage and distribution loss in 3rd world is a huge issue. Particularly India I recall reported almost 30pct loss due to poor warehousing and movement. Obviously even half that is a huge number.
I can see the issue pointed out by lockjaw about organics and yield but isn't that a very tiny proportion? I think throughout 3rd world rain instead of irrigation system is too heavily relied upon. Plus other techniques.
What is surprising is that I was under the impression things were improving!
The "green revolution" that boosted production yields in India, Pakistan and elsewhere in Asia was basically an antithesis of the organic food movement. Yes organic food/fairtrade lobby has had limited impact in Asia however they are very aggressive in places where the green revolution wasnt adopted, specifically Africa. Several African countries have actually banned free high yield seeds simply because of these lobbying efforts. This obviously has an impact on the number of hungry people, the amount of food that gets produced vs what is needed, and prices everywhere.
It is by no means a small factor in the world's hungry.