Jaydev JanaNew Delhi, Nov. 27 -- Poverty and hunger share a tragic intertwined relationship, where each condition can both cause and perpetuate the other. Widespread poverty results in chronic and persistent hunger.
The physical expression of continuing the enacted tragedy is the condition of undernutrition which manifests itself among large sections of the poor, particularly women and children.
This condition of undernutrition reduces working capacity and productivity among adults and enhances mortality and morbidity amongst children. Such reduced productivity translates into reduced earning capacity, leading to further poverty; the vicious cycle goes on.
The cruel irony is that despite the impressive increase in food production in the ...