Role of India’s Anganwadi Center in Securing Food and Nutrition for Mothers and Children

Journal of Agricultural and Food Information

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 174-182

  Kumar, Sandhya ^a   Rai, Rajesh Kumar ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Society for Health and Demographic Surveillance   (India)

Author keywords

Anganwadi center; food security; India; National Food Security Act; nutrition security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928232995     PISSN: 10496505     EISSN: 15404722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2015.1022178     Document Type: Article

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