While Kerala has made rampant strides towards achieving food security, there is a need for greater focus in ensuring nutrition security among all cross-sections in the State.
The critical aspect was discussed threadbare by policy makers and analysts during a seminar on ‘Food Security in Kerala’ organised in connection with the Keraleeyam festival here on Thursday. The speakers advocated reorienting the State’s aspirations from a ‘hunger-free Kerala’ to a ‘malnutrition-free Kerala’.
Neetu Sharma, Co-Director of the Centre for Child and the Law, National Law School of India University, pointed out that the State, which was ranked 11th in the ‘State Ranking Index for NFSA (National Food Security Act) last year, has been witnessing an increase in malnutrition among children less than five years and women.
