According to the report entitled 2015 Global Hunger Index: Armed Conflict and the Challenge of Hunger (released in October 2015), produced by International Food Policy Research Institute, Concern Worldwide, Welthungerhilfe and World Peace Foundation/Tufts University, (please click here to access): • The present report’s Global Hunger Index (GHI) scores are based on a new, improved formula that replaces…
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Key findings of the FAO report entitled: State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 (released in May 2015) are as follows, (please click here to access): Indian scenario • India still has the second-highest estimated number of undernourished people in the world. • India will be able to reach neither the World Food Summit (WFS) nor the Millennium…
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According to the Global Hunger Index 2014: The Challenge of Hidden Hunger, prepared by International Food Policy Research Institute, Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide (please click here to download): • The 2014 GHI examines levels of hunger in 120 developing countries and countries in transition and scores them based on three equally weight ed indicators: the proportion of people…
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According to the report The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014: Strengthening the enabling environment for food security and nutrition, FAO, IFAD and WFP (please click here to download): Indian scenario • Between 1990-92 and 2012-14, the number of people undernourished* in India has declined by 9.5 percent. • Between 1990-92 and 2012-14, the proportion of…
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According to the Global Hunger Index 2013-The Challenge of Hunger: Building Resilience to achieve food and nutrition security (published in October 2013), brought out by International Food Policy Research Institute, Concern Worldwide, Welthungerhilfe and Institute of Development Studies (please click here to download the report): • The GHI combines three equally weighted indicators into one score: the proportion…
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According to the FAO report titled: Food Wastage Footprints: Impacts on Natural Resources (2013) (please click here to download): • India and China are the major contributors of the water footprint of cereals in their respective regions. • Wastage of cereals in Asia is a significant problem, with major impacts on carbon emissions and water and land use. Rice’s…
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According to the FAO report titled: The State of Food and Agriculture 2013-Food Systems for Better Nutrition, http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3300e/i3300e.pdf http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3301e/i3301e.pdf: • The present report argues that improving nutrition and reducing economic and social costs must begin with food and agriculture. Addressing malnutrition requires a multisectoral approach that includes complementary interventions in food systems, public health and education….
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According to the NSS 66th Round Report titled: Perceived Adequacy of Food Consumption in Indian Households July 2009-June 2010 (published in February, 2013), MoSPI, GoI, http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/nss_report_547.pdf: • The report is based on information collected during 2009-10 from 100794 households in 7428 villages and 5263 urban blocks spread over the entire country. TRENDS IN PERCEIVED ADEQUACY OF FOOD, 1993-94…
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Summary of the National Food Security Bill 2013 (revised version, as tabled in Parliament, 22 March 2013) can be accessed from here. The revised version of National Food Security Bill 2013 tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2013 gives legal entitlement to 67 percent population for subsidised grains under the Targeted Public Distribution System. The National Food…
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