Food Security Condition in Aligarh: A Block Level Analysis

Abstract

Food security is an important determinant of quality of life and its pattern and level of food security is the outcome of the different socio-economic-ecological resource utilization and management. The paper selected the Blocks of Aligarh district as its research area and tries to find out the variation in the food security pattern on the basis of the secondary data of all four dimensions of food security. The paper calculated the Z score for all 12 blocks of the district and arranges them in the category of high, medium and low. The result show that out of 12 blocks Chandaus, Dhanipur, Gangiri, Atrauli lies in high category while Tappal, Khair, Jawa, Lodha are in medium category and Gonda, Iglas, Bijauli, Akrabad are under low category. The paper also tries to find out the reasons of variation for the block level variations and suggest some policy and institutional measures to improve the food security condition in the district.