Fish for food and nutrition security in India: a comprehensive framework analysis

IF 5.6 1区农林科学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Food Security Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI:10.1007/s12571-025-01532-w

Vijaykiran Vijayan, A. Suresh, Sachu Sara Sabu, Haritha Pullisseri Padi

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Abstract

Food and nutritional security are essential worldwide. Availability alone doesn't guarantee access or adequacy, as food can be inaccessible, unacceptable, or unstable. Even when abundant, it may not meet the all requirements, and fish is equally affected by these challenges. Fish provides essential protein, micronutrients, and fatty acids to food-insecure populations. However, the contribution of fish to household or individual nutrition is influenced by its availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability. This study examines the role of fish and fisheries in food and nutritional security in the Indian context. The study was based on the framework of food and nutritional security. It undertakes a comprehensive literature analysis to gain insights into food and nutritional security as a primary concern. It also examines how fisheries can ensure sustainable availability, equitable access to nutritious fish, and stability amidst physical, economic, and social challenges. Additionally, it discusses potential risks, such as climate change, seasonality, and price volatility, which could undermine fish availability and thus, food security. The fish availability does not automatically guarantee food and nutritional security, as issues of access, nutrient adequacy, utility (quality and safety), and stability must also be addressed. Findings suggest that achieving sustainable food security through fisheries requires effective management, conservation, and policies that promote equitable distribution and long-term resource sustainability. Given the complexities and trade-offs involved in balancing human needs with environmental protection, reforms are needed in the fish supply chain. These reforms should improve market conditions, infrastructure, pricing, safety, quality, and sustainable fishing practices.

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印度鱼类促进粮食和营养安全：一个全面的框架分析

粮食和营养安全在全世界都至关重要。单凭供应并不能保证获得或充足，因为食物可能难以获得、不可接受或不稳定。即使在充足的时候，也可能无法满足所有的需求，鱼类也同样受到这些挑战的影响。鱼类为粮食不安全人群提供必需的蛋白质、微量营养素和脂肪酸。然而，鱼类对家庭或个人营养的贡献受到其可得性、可及性、利用和稳定性的影响。本研究考察了鱼类和渔业在印度粮食和营养安全方面的作用。这项研究是基于粮食和营养安全的框架。它进行了全面的文献分析，以获得对粮食和营养安全作为首要问题的见解。报告还探讨了渔业如何确保可持续供应、公平获得营养丰富的鱼类，以及在面临物理、经济和社会挑战时保持稳定。此外，报告还讨论了潜在风险，如气候变化、季节性和价格波动，这些风险可能会破坏鱼类供应，从而影响粮食安全。鱼类供应并不能自动保证粮食和营养安全，因为还必须解决获取、营养充足、效用（质量和安全）和稳定性等问题。研究结果表明，通过渔业实现可持续粮食安全需要有效的管理、保护和促进公平分配和资源长期可持续性的政策。考虑到平衡人类需求和环境保护的复杂性和权衡，鱼类供应链需要改革。这些改革应改善市场条件、基础设施、定价、安全、质量和可持续捕捞做法。

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Food Security FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-

CiteScore

14.00

自引率

6.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Food Security is a wide audience, interdisciplinary, international journal dedicated to the procurement, access (economic and physical), and quality of food, in all its dimensions. Scales range from the individual to communities, and to the world food system. We strive to publish high-quality scientific articles, where quality includes, but is not limited to, the quality and clarity of text, and the validity of methods and approaches. Food Security is the initiative of a distinguished international group of scientists from different disciplines who hold a deep concern for the challenge of global food security, together with a vision of the power of shared knowledge as a means of meeting that challenge. To address the challenge of global food security, the journal seeks to address the constraints - physical, biological and socio-economic - which not only limit food production but also the ability of people to access a healthy diet. From this perspective, the journal covers the following areas: Global food needs: the mismatch between population and the ability to provide adequate nutrition Global food potential and global food production Natural constraints to satisfying global food needs: § Climate, climate variability, and climate change § Desertification and flooding § Natural disasters § Soils, soil quality and threats to soils, edaphic and other abiotic constraints to production § Biotic constraints to production, pathogens, pests, and weeds in their effects on sustainable production The sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption. Nutrition, food quality and food safety. Socio-political factors that impinge on the ability to satisfy global food needs: § Land, agricultural and food policy § International relations and trade § Access to food § Financial policy § Wars and ethnic unrest Research policies and priorities to ensure food security in its various dimensions.