Cover Page: 1 Front Matter Page: 2 Part I. Climate and Agricultural Productivity for Availability Page: 8 1. Agriculture, Food, and Nutritional Security: An Overview Page: 9 2. A Composite Assessment of Agricultural Drought Susceptibility Using Analytic Hierarchy Process: Case Study of Western Region of West Bengal Page: 15 3. Impact of Microclimate on Agriculture in India: Transformation and Adaptation Page: 25 4. Characterization of Spatial Variability of Soil Properties of Malda District in West Bengal, India Page: 36 5. Land Suitability Evaluation for Agricultural Crops in Selected Blocks of South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal Page: 43 Part II. Changes of Cropping Pattern and Food Security Page: 51 6. Levels of Agriculture Development and Estimated Growth and Pattern of Area, Production and Yield of Major Crops in Selected Region of Uttar Pradesh Page: 52 7. Household Analysis of Crop Diversification and Socioeconomic Classifications of Agriculture Practitioner Page: 64 8. Assessment of Food Security Using Geospatial Techniques in Rural India: A Study from Koch Bihar, West Bengal Page: 69 9. Problems and Prospects of Food Security in India Page: 75 10. Dietary Diversity Is Associated with Child Nutrition and Food Security Status: Empirical Evidence from Rural India Page: 88 11. Resource Availability and Socio-economic Profile of Scheduled Caste (SC) Community in Agrarian Society: Approach Towards Sustainability Page: 96 Part III. Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security Page: 109 12. Understanding the Multidimensions of Food and Nutrition Security in Odisha: An Integrated Approach of Availability, Accessibility, and Utilization Page: 110 13. Determinants of Childhood Stunting in India: Comparative Evidence from Bihar Page: 117 14. Sibling Effect on Intra-household Child Malnutrition in India: An Analysis Among Different Sociodemographic Groups from the National Family Health Survey Page: 127 15. Does Immunization Coverage Influence on Childhood Dual Burden of Malnutrition in India? What Does Demographic Health Survey Tell? Page: 133 Back Matter Page: 139
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