India has the largest group of food insecure people in the world. A large proportion of the population in India faces a chronic inability to access basic food, and hunger is widespread. India is also home to a large number of the world’s energy poor; 855 million people rely on the burning of traditional biomass (for example, garbage, waste, and wood) for cooking, and 400 million have no access to electricity. New uses of biomass energy may be a way to meet rural energy needs and promote local economic development, thus impacting food security at the local level.
Over the next three years, researchers at the Liu Institute for Global Issues will be working to answer important questions on food security in India, thanks to a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Read more
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