Fact check: Is the government right to criticise India’s low ranking on the Global Hunger Index?

The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has dismissed the index, which ranks India 107 out of 121 countries, as ‘erroneous’.

Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in

· Oct 20, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Explainer: Why global food prices are higher today than for most of modern history

The oil price rise that started in April 2020 has affected the prices of all food commodities on the Food and Agriculture Organisation index.

Alastair Smith, The Conversation

· Sep 29, 2021 · 07:30 pm

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

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Ishan Anand

· Dec 21, 2020 · 07:30 am

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

· Aug 04, 2019 · 07:30 pm

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

· Jul 16, 2019 · 11:39 am

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

· Jan 13, 2019 · 07:30 pm

What India could learn from Ethiopia about food security

Child undernourishment rates are worse in India than in Ethiopia.

Ivica Petrikova, The Conversation

· Nov 30, 2018 · 01:30 pm

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

· Jun 04, 2018 · 08:30 pm

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

· May 05, 2018 · 07:30 am

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

· Apr 25, 2018 · 07:00 am

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

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Veena Shatrugna

· Dec 13, 2017 · 02:30 pm

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

· Oct 14, 2017 · 06:30 am