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Global Hunger Index/World Food Day

Global Hunger Index Map © 2006 IFPRI
Global Hunger Index Map © 2006 IFPRI
To coincide with World Food Day, the International Food Policy Research Institute published the 2006 Global Hunger Index. The index combines three measurements on child mortality, child malnutrition, and calorie deficiencies to provide a progress report dating back to 1981. In addition to noting improvements or a decline, the index looks at how well countries are allocating resources to solving hunger issues in comparison with the level of development. Researcher Doris Wiesmann explains:
“Another value of the index is to demonstrate which countries have not been able to use their available economic resources effectively in reducing undernutrition. High income inequality is one of the factors that causes countries to have higher levels of hunger and undernutrition than would be expected based on the gross national income per capita.”
For further resources, fact sheets and the full index, you can visit the IFPRI website.
The theme for this year’s World Food Day is Investing in Agriculture for Food Security. Although the main events take place in Rome, many other countries have scheduled events on October 16. To participate in events in your area, you can view a listing per country on the World Food Day events map.

15 October 2006 | 11.58am (CEST) | posted by Marie | |
TAGS Economic Development & Globalization | Children & Youth Issues | Health & Nutrition

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One Response to “Global Hunger Index/World Food Day”

  1. Friends of the World Food Program Says:
    December 11th, 2006 at 6:49 pm

    More than 110 million school-aged children in the world’s poorest countries suffer from hunger. The vast majority of them do not attend school. This is an unnecessary and preventable tragedy.

    The George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program provides meals in schools to some of these children. But there are many more that go to bed hungry.

    Bipartisan legislation was recently introduced in Congress to expand the McGovern-Dole Program so that more children can attend school and be guaranteed at least one nutritious meal per day.

    Help expand the George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Sign the petition.

    www.friendsofwfp.org/mcgovern-dolepetition