food

Food, the switch and the wardrobe

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Opening up in the US may switch spending to services and wardrobe restocking, and de-stock overflowing pantries Neelkanth MishraLast Updated at July 5, 2021 22:37 IST This appeared in the Business Standard on 6-July-2021 (link). Retail sales in a country, dependent on the collective habits and budgets of millions of households, tend to be quite … Read more

Sober Thalinomics: Low food inflation must continue to be a key policy goal in India

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Neelkanth Mishra in TOI Edit Page | February 7, 2020, 7:42 AM IST (This was published in the Times of India: link) The distress caused to farmers due to low food prices is now well-documented: As the terms of trade turned against farmers, an important channel of transfer of wealth from the rich to the … Read more

Paradox of plenty

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Farm incomes may not revive despite good monsoon. There are new challenges for policymakers.Written by Neelkanth Mishra | Updated: August 22, 2016 2:48:19 am (This was published in the Indian Express: link) India’s per capita calorie demand has been falling for at least the last 30 years. Most people do a double-take when they hear … Read more