Global Food Security Index
The Global Food Security Index consists of a set of indices from 113 countries. It measures food security across most of the countries of the world.[1] It was first published in 2012, and is managed and updated annually by The Economist's intelligence unit.
Criteria
The following parameters are considered for giving ranking to the countries.[2]
- Nutritional standards
- Urban absorption capacity
- Food consumption as a share of household expenditure
- Food loss
- Protein quality
- Agricultural import tariffs
- Diet diversification
- Agricultural infrastructure
- Volatility of agricultural production
- Proportion of population under global poverty line
- Gross domestic product per capita (US$ PPP)
- Presence of food safety net programmes
- Access to financing for farmers
- Public expenditure on agricultural R&D
- Corruption
- Political stability risk
- Sufficiency of supply
- Food safety
References
- ^ Gillam, Carey (July 10, 2012). "U.S., Denmark top ranking of world's most "food-secure" countries". Reuters. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ^ "Global Food Security Index". Retrieved January 17, 2018.
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