CFN-3” Economics of Food “deals with the concept of food and food expenditure and about the process of planning for food production with special reference to kitchen gardening. Government’s effort in developing the Agriculture sector, the Poultry, Pisciculture and Dairy sector are highlighted. Various supplementary feeding programmes organized by the Government for the vulnerable groups –children and women- have been emphasized. Finally the concept of adulteration and its precaution with special reference to consumer education is included.
Overview
Syllabus
Week
Unit Titles
Week 1
Unit-1 How do we spend our food money
Week 2
Unit-2 How do we plan for growing our food
Week 3
Unit-3 Public distribution system
Week 4
Unit-4 Government agriculture policies and programmes
Week 5
Unit-5 Government’s poultry and pisciculture programmes
Week 6
Unit-6 Government’s dairy development programmes
Week 7
Unit-7 Supplementary feeding programmes
Week 8
Unit-8 Protection of food supplies
Week 9
Unit-9 Food adulteration and precautions
Week 10
Unit-9 Food adulteration and precautions
Week 11
Unit-10 Consumer education
Week 12
Unit-10 Consumer education
Taught by
Prof. Deeksha Kapur
