Every year, May 28 is marked as World Hunger Day. The World Hunger Day is an initiative of the Hunger Project.
Significance
- The United Nations aims to increase agricultural productivity.
- This is to feed 820 million people that are with inadequate food security.
- The UN predicts that 2 billion are to come under poverty and face hunger by 2050.
- In order to eliminate hunger, the Sustainable Development Goal of “Zero Hunger” was included
India
- India in 2019-20 produced 281.95 million tonnes of food grains.
- Still 69% of deaths of children under 5 in India is due to malnutrition.
- The data was provided by the State of World Children Report.
- Also, India ranks at 102nd position in Global Hunger Index.
Current Scenario of India
- World Bank says that Human Capital Index of India is 0.44.
- This means that an Indian child grows only to 44% of her potential.
- Around 55% of Indian Children (of age 6 months to 23 months) had zero consumption of vegetables.
- This is mainly due to lack of breast feeding and diet diversity.
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