Explain the role of Academy of Development Science in food security in Maharashtra.

(l) In Maharashtra, it has facilitate<l a network of NGOs for setting-up Grain Banks in different regions.
(ii) It organises training and capacity building programmes on food security for NGOs.
(iii) ADS efforts to -set Grain Banks to facilitate replication through other NGOs and to influence the Government's policy on food security are thus paying rich dividends. The ADS Grain Bank programme is acknowledged as a successful and innovative food security intervention.