• Dr.Chaganti Rami Reddy

The desire to achieve some level of food security is as old as humankind itself. Until the last decade or so, the debate in most countries worldwide focused largely on the adequacy of food production to meet domestic needs, with a concomitant national policy emphasis on self-sufficiency in the supply of agricultural products. This focus, especially in the developed countries, has to be seen in the context of the Second World War and its aftermath, which had a profound effect on the minds of governments and societies. In countries with a large agricultural sector, policies to achieve food security at the national level, and perhaps even more at the household level, must include policies for agriculture and the rural economy within which it operates. This is so self-evident that household food insecurity in the urban areas sometimes tends to be overlooked. This paper has emphasized that economic growth alone (even growth with equity) can solve some of the problems of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition.

Food security, poverty and public policies, domestic needs, agricultural products demographic variables, open economy, etc.

"RURAL AND URBAN FOOD SECURITY: GROWTH WITH EQUITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no.g226-g237, October-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310526.pdf

"RURAL AND URBAN FOOD SECURITY: GROWTH WITH EQUITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no. ppg226-g237, October-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310526.pdf