Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to this report by the United Nations agencies and development groups. According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), nearly 282 million …
Wrong policies of the government have been responsible for the prevalent food insecurity in the country, alleged activists. They also said the proposed National Food Security Act ignores the root causes of hunger and it deliberately leaves untouched the structural roots of the malnutrition crisis. Releasing a report on India
A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan here today decided to establish Atal Bal Aroyga Evam Poshan Mission with the objective of tackling the problems of malnutrition among children. Objectives of the mission include reducing infant mortality rate from 94.2 to 60 per thousand by the …
Minister for Tribal Welfare and Scheduled Castes Welfare Kunwar Vijay Shah said that the problem of malnutrition among the tribals would be eradicated completely. Help of voluntary orgnaisaitons would also be sought in this direction, he added. Shah was speaking at a function after inaugurating a nutrition project specifically for …
South Asia, a region of strategic importance, faces public health challenges on a demographic and geographic scale unmatched in the world. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are home to nearly one-fifth of the world’s population. Even more dramatic, however, these countries are home to two-thirds of the world’s …
The global economy has faced two serious but unconnected crises in quick succession during the past four years. The years 2007 and 2008 witnessed an unprecedented rise in food prices which forced the global community to pay more attention to the agricultural sector. While many international development agencies and countries …
India had the largest number of malnourished children in the world. Our figures were worse than sub Saharan Africa. For me as for many others, India's high growth rate loses its sheen when, despite all the resources allocated to it, malnutrition could not be handled and brought down in any …
Securing enough food to meet the needs of a growing global population requires managing the complex interplay between farming at home and trade with others. Andrea Wolverton, Anita Regmi and Ann Tutwiler look into challenges of political economy that undernourishment presents and how donors, such as the US, may be …
KOLKATA, 29 JUNE: A report published by the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has revealed that the state government has no separate programme for malnourished children and there is also a lack of monitoring agency to supervise the quality of food that is being provided by the aganwandi workers to …
NEW DELHI: Vice-President M. Hamid Ansari on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the plight of children in India and pitched for top priority for their development with a focus on eradicating malnutrition. In his inaugural address at the
A higher level of performance in agriculture is necessary but not a sufficient condition to reduce malnutrition, say Ashok Gulati, T Nanda Kumar & Ganga Shreedhar INDIA has been lauded for its remarkable overall economic growth of over 8% over the last five years. But despite this high and relatively …
A higher level of performance in agriculture is necessary but not a sufficient condition to reduce malnutrition, say Ashok Gulati, T Nanda Kumar & Ganga Shreedhar INDIA has been lauded for its remarkable overall economic growth of over 8% over the last five years. But despite this high and relatively …
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Thursday proposed Taka 8,149 crore for health and family welfare for fiscal 2010-11, focusing his government's pledge on cutting malnutrition, ensuring better service at the community level and growing required human resources. "With a view to providing better health services to the people, recruitment …
Malnutrition among under five children of Narsingdi district is still high due to poverty, inadequate knowledge about food value and lack of awareness. Most of the under five children in the district suffer from of malnutrition in different magnitudes. Upazila Manager of Narsingdi Sadar of Voluntary Association For Rural Development …
An action plan is being chalked out by experts from India and abroad for ending malnutrition in the state. In this connection, a workshop will be held at Hotel Jehan Numa Palace at Bhopal on June 9. The workshop has been organised jointly by Women and Child Development, Public Health …
Teja Rawela (Fazilka): A large number of children of Teja Rawela and Dona Nanka villages falling in the Jalalabad Assembly segment are exhibiting stunted growth. Young girls are facing premature greying and thinning of hair and the number of such kids is much larger than the normal population distribution. This …
This report highlights a number of successes, while also assessing the human impact of lack of adequate progress on many of the millennium development goals. Shows that the goals are achievable when nationally owned development strategies and policies are supported by international development partners. The economic crisis took a heavy …
This report details how ADB's regional food fortification initiative helped participating countries in Central Asia move toward universal salt iodization and establish sustainable wheat flour fortification, and how the intitiative successfully addressed three unknown development issues in mainly newly emerging market economies: the use of public-private partnerships; collaboration between the …
