Explain the concept of a nutrition-sensitive food system and suggest strategies to achieve it in the country.

Nutrition-sensitive Food System - an agri-food system that puts high emphasis on the nutritional needs of the various segments of population. Features: - Balance between calories & nutrition - Balance between macro & micro nutrients - Incentives to grow nutrition-dense foods - millets, pulses etc. - Subsidies to access nutrition-rich foods - PDS, MDM, CNS etc. - Support for bio-fortification of foodgrains - Ex Rice - Assistance for R&D in climate/pest-resistant crops - Social security - PMGKAY Strategies to achieve Nutritional Security: - Reform in Food Subsidies - away from rice/wheat/sugarcane - towards millets, legumes - Reform in PDS - more specific targeting using technology - distribution of fortified & nutrition-rich foods - Ex Minimum procurement standards for Millets - Resilient Supply Chains - building warehouses, certification facilities, testing infrastructure etc. - Demand-side - extending social security to informal sector to boost purchasing power - Awareness generation Thus an inclusive & nutrition-sensitive food policy would ensure SDG1/SDG2 & lead to human capital formation