India, Jan. 21 -- The debate on India's food problem increasingly focuses on food distribution, even though economic and institutional bottlenecks of agricultural production persist, particularly for marginalised sections. Tribal farmers, despite their community-led strategies rooted in seed conservation, production and consumption, remain largely excluded from the policy discourse. Here is what the data shows.

Sourindra Mohan Ghosh is an assistant professor at Council for Social Development. Nivedita Sharma is associate professor, Jindal Global Business School, OP Jindal Global University and Visiting Fellow, Council for Social Development.

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