Nutrition Security
(The UN’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2017 has important pointers to achieve nutrition policy reform) Ø Topic :- Issues relating to poverty and hunger · News – Nutrition Security. · Content :- Ø UN releases Food Security and Nutrition Report – 2017. At the global level, five agencies make the assessment. Ø As per the report, Food Security and better nutrition since the turn of the century may be at risk. Ø Reduction in the state of undernourishment since the year 2000. But the last report on poor and hungry population registering a worrying increase in 2016. Ø Rising from 777 million in 2015 to 815 million in 2016. Ø Possible reasons : · Violent Conflicts in 18 countries. · Fall commodity export revenues. · ...
