Food Policy News

The Global Food Policy report says South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change, as climate variables such as temperature, rainfall, flooding, and drought increasingly affect agricultural activities

India has a 'serious' hunger problem and ranks 100 among 119 developing countries, lagging behind countries such as North Korea and Iraq, says global hunger index report

India has a ‘serious’ hunger problem and ranks 100 among 119 developing countries, lagging behind countries such as North Korea and Iraq, says global hunger index report

Due to rising migration to cities, rates of poverty are shrinking faster in rural than urban areas, the report by International Food Policy Research Institute said

Firms like Wal-Mart and Carrefour will be allowed to set up shops as long as they only sell locally produced food

The report also says global agriculture accounts for a fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions, and climate-ready crops that are water-efficient are key to feeding the growing population

Number of people afflicted in these countries is 363 million and govts need to redraw existing food systems to effectively combat it, says IFPRI report

The International Food Policy Research Institute director says the threat of cross-boundary transmission is ratcheting up prices of commercial crops like cocoa

Lack of data makes it hard to draw firm conclusions from the hunger index

The central point in the food policy debate is if we want farmers to choose their crops on the signal of the markets of the signal of the MSPs