TNPSC Thervupettagam

SOFI 2022

July 14 , 2022 737 days 634 0
  • FAO, International Fund for Agriculture Development, UNICEF, UN world food Programme and WHO have jointly released SOFI 2022.
  • SOFI stands for “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World”.
  • India has high undernourishment (about 16% of the population), wasting (about 17%), stunting (about 31%) and low exclusive breastfeeding practice (only 58%).
  • The world is moving further away from its goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030.
  • Over 828 million were affected by hunger in 2021.
  • Over 8% will still face hunger by 2030 even if the global economic recovery is taken into consideration.
  • The gender gap in food insecurity continued to rise in 2021.
  • 31.9 per cent of women in the world were moderately or severely food insecure, compared with 27.6 per cent of men.

Leave a Reply

Your Comment is awaiting moderation.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories