-Moneycontrol.com Not only population, but several other factors affect the food system, including climate risks and their impact. An IPCC report predicts up to 30 percent decline in rice yields if global temperatures continue to rise India, a country with just 2.4 percent of the world’s total land area, is the largest producer of milk and pulses, and the second largest producer of rice and wheat, as per the United Nations’ Food...
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With 97 cr people unable to afford healthy diet, India closer to Africa, UN report says -Sayantan Bera
-ThePrint.in India home to almost 1/3 of 307 crore people who can't afford healthy diet worldwide, according to report released by UN Food and Agriculture Organization Wednesday. New Delhi: A cross-country comparison on the affordability of healthy diets shows that over 97 crore Indians, or about 71 per cent of the country’s population, are unable to afford nutritious food — compared to a 43.5 per cent figure for Asia overall, and 80...
More »UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
-Press release by FAO dated 6 July 2022 The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backwards in efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition Rome/New York: The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (1), according to a United...
More »Why are global wheat prices rising so much? -Jayati Ghosh and CP Chandrasekhar
-The Hindu Business Line The Ukraine war is not the sole driver of global wheat prices. Speculative activity has played a bigger role and policy inaction on that front can prove fatal The global food crisis has now grown to such proportions that everyone is talking about it (even though world leaders are doing relatively little about it). It has become an article of faith to blame the war in Ukraine for...
More »Is the ban on wheat exports good policy? -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu It is ad hoc, hurts farmers’ incomes, and may not impact inflation much Over the last month, the government has banned the export of wheat and imposed quantitative restrictions on outbound sugar shipments. The wheat export ban came within days of a push to enhance India’s wheat supplies to the rest of the world after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is a time of persistently high inflation, spurred by rising...
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