| Autor: |
Srinivasarao, Ch., Kundu, Sumanta, Rao, K.V., Shukla, A.K., Rao, A. Subba, Imas, Patricia, Bolan, Nanthi S., Lal, Rattan, Prasad, J.V.N.S., Abhilash, P.C., Kumar, G. Ranjith, Meena, R.S., Pratibha, G., Narayanaswami, G., Bansal, S.K., Nataraj, K.C., Jagadesh, M., Mrunalini, K., Jayaraman, S., Jat, M.L., Malleswari, S.N., Whitbread, Anthony, Venkateswarlu, B. |
| Zdroj: |
Advances in Agronomy; January 2023, Vol. 177 Issue: 1 p51-124, 74p |
| Abstrakt: |
Almost one-fourth of the global population live in South Asia (SA) countries with 14% of cultivable land. Most of the countries in the South Asian region are facing multiple challenges like high population growth, declining farm land area, and low productivity in primary and secondary sectors leading to limited employment opportunities. Consequently, both availability and access to food are adversely affected. Regions exposed to natural disasters, tribal and the hilly regions of SA are amongst the most vulnerable in terms of food security. Accelerated efforts are required to ensure that conflicts do not exacerbate the already fragile food situation in SA. Despite recent strong gains in economic growth and agricultural productivity, food and nutritional security remains a major concern in SA. The region has the largest concentration of poverty and hunger in the world, with nearly 40% of the world's impoverished and 45% of the world's undernourished people. The enormity of malnutrition in SA can be gauged from the fact that it is the home to nearly two-thirds of the world's undernourished children. More than 56% of the world's low-birth-weight babies are born in SA. Furthermore, food and nutrition security remain major challenges with a large proportion of the world's poor living here and global hunger index (GHI) at 30.9. Overcoming these twin challenges require actions both at the national and regional level. |
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