Atlas of the Sustainability of Food Security in India. Chennai, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation and World Food Programme, 2004, xviii, 294 p., maps, tables, (pbk). ISBN 81-88355-02-X.

    Contents: Introduction. I. Sustainability of food production: 1. Land and Water: a. Land: i. Population pressure on land. ii. Land utilization. iii. Net sown area. iv. Changes in cropping pattern. v. Land degradation. b. Water: i. Rainfall. ii. Irrigation. iii. Sea water. 2. Forest and biodiversity: a. Forests: i. Forest cover. ii. Forest degradation. b. Biodiversity: i. Assessing India's biodiversity. ii. Endangered environment and loss of biodiversity. 3. Atmosphere and climate change: i. Atmospheric pollution and its impact on food production. ii. Climate change and its impact on food production. iii. Mitigating the effects of CO₂ emissions. 4. Sustainability of food production: i. Food grain production: state-level variations. ii. Indicators of sustainable food availability. iii. Methodology of indexing. iv. Composite map of sustainability of food production. II. Sustainability of food access: 5. Sustainable livelihoods and food access: i. Development and natural resource degradation. ii. Security and sustainability of food access. iii. Women in agriculture. 6. Index of sustainable food access: i. Relevance of sustainability to livelihoods. ii. Indicators of sustainable food access. iii. Composite index of sustainable food access. III. Food absorption: 7. Food absorption and environmental hygiene: i. Micro nutrient deficiency in soil, malnutrition and health. ii. Environmental pollution and health. iii. Access of safe drinking water. iv. Infant mortality rate. v. Index of food absorption. IV. Towards sustainability of food security: 8. Food production and market forces: i. Deceleration of growth rates. ii. Decline in total factor productivity. iii. Demand and supply projections. iv. Impact of market forces. 9. Sustainability of food security: i. Sustainable food security indicators and index. ii. The weighting system. 3. The position of the states in the Index and implications. iv. Path to sustainable development. 10. Policies, programmes and recommendations: i. Food and crop production policies. ii. Policies related to natural resource use. iii. Policies related to community conservation. iv. Policies of sustainable livelihoods. v. Policies of clean drinking water and health care. vi. Policies related to gender. vii. Sustainable food security compact. Appendices. References.

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