As per the report titled 2022 Global Hunger Index: Food Systems Transformation and Local Governance’ (released in October 2022), which has been produced by Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide jointly (please click here and here to access): • In 2022, India ranks 107th among 121 countries in terms of the Global Hunger Index (GHI). • As per the 2022 Global Hunger report, the GHI…
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Kindly click here and here to access the main findings of the 2022 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, which has been jointly published on July 6, 2022 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the…
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Kindly click here, here and here to access the main findings of the IPES-Food special report Another Perfect Storm? (released in May, 2022). The report blames fundamental flaws in global food systems — such as heavy reliance on food imports and excessive commodity speculation — for escalating food insecurity sparked by the Ukraine invasion. These flaws were exposed, but not corrected, after previous…
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Please click here and here to access the key findings of the Oxfam Media Briefing titled The Hunger Virus Multiplies (released on 9th July, 2021). — The key findings of the report entitled 2020 Global Hunger Index: One Decade to Zero Hunger — Linking Health and Sustainable Food Systems (released in October, 2020), produced by Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide jointly, are…
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The key findings of the report entitled The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020: Transforming Food Systems for Affordable Healthy Diets (released in July 2020) by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and others of the United Nations (UN) are as follows (please click here to access): • In India, the ‘prevalence of undernourishment’ in the…
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The key findings of the report entitled 2019 Global Hunger Index: The Challenge of Hunger and Climate Change (released in October, 2019), produced by Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide jointly, are as follows (please click here to access): • During 2019 India ranks 102nd among 117 countries in terms of Global Hunger Index (GHI). • Neighbouring countries such as…
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The key findings of the report entitled 2018 Global Hunger Index: Forced Migration and Hunger, which was released in October 2018, are as follows (please click here to access): • During 2018 India ranks 103rd among 119 countries in terms of Global Hunger Index (GHI). • Neighbouring countries such as China (GHI score: 7.6; GHI rank: 25), Nepal…
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The key findings of the report entitled 2017 Global Hunger Index: The Inequalities of Hunger (released in October 2017), published by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide & Welthungerhilfe, are as follows (please click here to access): • During 2017 India ranks 100th among 119 countries in terms of Global Hunger Index (GHI). • The neighbouring…
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In order to capture the multidimensional nature of hunger, the 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI) scores are based on the following four indicators: 1. UNDERNOURISHMENT i.e. the proportion of undernourished people as a percentage of the population (reflecting the share of the population with insufficient caloric intake);2. CHILD WASTING i.e. the proportion of children under…
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