India has no food problem as such. The problem is about proper distribution and storage. About a third of food grain and vegetables get wasted because of lack of storage facilities. Farmers in Punjab are more interested to produce Basmati for exports than to produce wheat or ordinary rice. However, overall there is no problem but the problem is that farmers do not get good price. Potato for example is too cheap, below the cost of production. if people eat potato instead of rice or wheat, what is the problem? In the world scale too, if all Future Markets and Commodity Exchanges and Derevative Trades( which is nothing but gamblings) would be banned, the price will calm down immediately. Speculators are driving up prices and then they will burn food stocks or put these in the sea, as they do from time to time.
