Climate change is a peril to India’s nutrition and health insecurity and specific actions have to be taken to curb the adverse impacts of it. Elucidate (200 Words)
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IAS Parliament 5 years
KEY POINTS
· The World Health Organisation estimated that approximately 250,000 deaths annually between 2030 and 2050 could be due to climate change, and the poorest people, already suffering from the highest rates of undernutrition,.
· India’s food production, is highly vulnerable to climate change largely because of its high sensitivity to monsoon variability, besides, about 65% of India’s cropped area is rain-fed.
Specific actions need to curb adverse effects of
Climate change
· Funding needs to be earmarked for designing, rolling out modern climate change, to reduce nutrition risks along the entire value chain, early warning systems are needed. Polarimetric Doppler weather radar, by ISRO.
· Mitigation and adaptation strategies are needed to offset adverse impacts of climate change on food production. Development of PUSA vivek 9 qpm, nutrient rich hybrid maize variety, drough tolerant, short maturity.
· Increasing the number of healthcare facilities/staff can improve access to healthcare for vulnerable populations, especially the rural poor, special training to be imparted to ASHA, Anganwdi workers.
· Integrated curricula drawing upon best practices from agriculture, public health, nutrition, transport and environment to prepare qualified interdisciplinary workforce should be designed and adopted.
· India’s recently launched National Nutrition Mission or the POSHAN Abhiyaan envisions to integrate and strengthen action around all three pillars of nutrition—nutrition specific, nutrition sensitive and the enabling environment—to attain SDGs.
· This integrated platform is an ideal way to start advocating for PHN in an environment-friendly manner, but co-operative federalism should play a key role for effective implementation of the programme.
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