Framework for Sustainable Food Systems: Holistic Mitigation and Adaptation

Agriculture is a major source of livelihood for the majority of the Indian population, but the declining role of agriculture in the country's GDP, inflation and failing food security and sustainability policies are the concerns currently. The contribution of the food sector in net carbon emission is a key issue for policymakers who for long have relied upon ‘Green Revolution’ as an answer to feeding the country. The flaws in agri-food policies are now being exhibited in record-breaking inflation, food import and changing climate patterns. To solve the aspects of India's repercussion of our disfigured stratagem, quick actions are imperative in terms of adapting food models that would suffice the current and future demands of food supply without tempering the adequate climate pattern. ‘Holistic Mitigation and Adaptation’ is the phrase that stands for ‘holistically mitigating current ecological damage and adapting quick food system models to sustain the availability of food to all without disturbing the ecosystem. This chapter represents the current scenario of the Indian food system, the loopholes in the agri-food policies, the effect on the environment, and a sustainable food system model based on an array of micro-entrepreneurship that mitigates the current damage and adapts sustainable steps towards the re-establishment of food security.