Subject(s): Food relief - Food supply in South Asia. -- Food insecure people and places, food - availability, access and utilization, transitory food insecurity, mapping hunger -- South Asia's food economies : Bangladesh- agricultural economy at risk, Bhutan - transformation from agricultural self sufficiency towards self reliance, India- from famine to feast but not for all, Maldives- food economy of a small island state, Nepal- redistribution challenge, Pakistan- food production challenge, Sri Lanka- food economy and conflict, SAARC's food economies -- Food based assistance in south Asia : Food assistance and food security challenge, evolution of national food assistance policies and programs, changing international food aid paradigms, ongoing food assistance programs, performance and adequacy of food assistance -- Challenge for food assistance to enable development : Establishing a policy framework for food assistance, priority areas for food assistance programs, contextual parameters of successful programs, operational directions, well focused strategy to enable development