Food Insecurity
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India’s children are not getting the nutrition they need. Here is a measure that could help
The National Family Health Survey revealed gains made in the last two decades have been reversed.
Anjana Thampi & Ishan Anand
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Why is one in every six Bangladeshis undernourished despite a staple diet of fish?
The increased consumption of cheap, protein-poor farm-fish is limiting the country’s ability to overcome malnutrition among the poor.
Mohammad Arju
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Hunger report: Food security worsens in South Asia, UN flags India’s unemployment as possible cause
Around 821.6 million people – or nearly 11% of the world population – were still undernourished in 2018, the report said.
Scroll Staff
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In war-ravaged Yemen, starving people are eating tree leaves to survive
The food crisis stems from an import blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia.
Adel Aldaghbashy
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What India could learn from Ethiopia about food security
Child undernourishment rates are worse in India than in Ethiopia.
Ivica Petrikova, The Conversation
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Fruit for thought: Bananas are at risk of dying out again – here’s how we can try to save them
Monoculture has hurt the fruit in the past and is doing so again.
Jackie Turner, Aeon
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As Kolkata rotten meat scandal creates panic, Whatsapp messages add to the stink
For now, the city’s appetite for kebabs, rolls and biryani has been dulled.
Devarsi Ghosh
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Indians need their protein where they can get it – especially from meat and eggs
A health ministry tweet clubbing meat and eggs with unhealthy food ignores the problem of protein deficiency across the country.
Nayantara Narayanan
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Niti Aayog is in denial about hunger in India – but the problem is worse than the statistics show
Instead of accepting that millions of Indians need better nutrition, the organisation’s economists have argued that the Global Hunger Index is flawed.
Sylvia Karpagam & Veena Shatrugna
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Worse than Iraq, Bangladesh and even North Korea – these charts show how hunger haunts India
India ranks 100 out of 119 countries on an index that weighs the abilities of countries to provide food security for their citizens.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Worse than Iraq, Bangladesh and even North Korea – these charts show how hunger haunts India
India ranks 100 out of 119 countries on an index that weighs the abilities of countries to provide food security for their citizens.
Shoaib Daniyal
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India’s children are eating well enough to grow taller, but not to put on necessary weight
The quality and quantity of food that many of India’s children get is not good enough.
Menaka Rao
The Field
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