Food security long 4

Question 1

Explain the role of co-operative society in ensuring food security ?

Answer 1

/ Co-operative society opens low priced shops for distribution of food grains to the poor people.
/ Steps are taken to turn less fertile land into agricultural field,
/ They help in awareness programmes and skill development in rural areas.

Question 2

Describe the steps used by the government to become self-sufficient in food grains ?

Answer 2

/ Organisational and technological improvement
/ Undertaking measures to expand agriculture.
/ Encouragement of Green Revolution
/ By making canals and using machines.

Question 3

How does MSP help in food security ?

Answer 3

/ For farmers it gives surety to their crop price and will be encouraged to grow certain crop.
/ For government it ensures that they should have enough crop to buy for their buffer stock and public welfare programmes,
/ For public this ensures that prices of a commodity will be within their reach