It is critical for India to conduct a national survey on food insecurity to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security. Explain (200 Words)
Refer - The Hindu
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IAS Parliament 2 years
KEY POINTS
· Data from the latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report show that India retains the dubious distinction of being the country with the largest population of food insecure people.
· Since 2017, SOFI presents two key measures of food insecurity: the conventional measure called the Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU).
· The PMSFI uses the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), a gold standard in food security measurement developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), for estimating globally-comparable prevalence rates.
· Although FAO-GWP surveys are conducted in India, India is among the few countries that do not allow publication of estimates based on these surveys.
· Not only do the supply-side data show a much higher level of per capita availability of food than the amount of food that is captured to have been consumed in the surveys, even the direction of change between the two does not seem to be consistent.
· The significant rise in food insecurity, as shown by these data, is a clear manifestation of the overall economic distress during this period marked by a deepening agrarian crisis, falling investments across sectors and shrinking employment opportunities.
PANDI SANTHOSH RAJA S 2 years
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IAS Parliament 2 years
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K. V. A 2 years
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