Question

Recently The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, 2019 was released. In this context consider the following statements:

1. It is a biannual report issued by FAO, IFAD, UNEP, WEP, and WHO.

2. For the first time, the report comes with estimates of the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES).


3. The report highlights that hunger is declining.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 1 and 3 only

(c) 2 only

(d) 1 only​

Answer 1

Answer:

b

because as the hunger is decreasing .so,the answer is B

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Option C - 2 Only

☆ Explanation :-

• Statement 1 is incorrect :- It is an annual report issued by FAO,UNICEF, WFP, and WHO.

• Statement 3 is incorrect :- The report highlights that after decades of declining, hunger is again on the rise.

More Explanation

☆ State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World :-

• It is issued annually by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

• This year’s report, for the first time comes with estimates of the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES).

• It provides a perspective on global food insecurity relevant for all countries of the world that is it looks beyond hunger towards the goal of ensuring access to nutritious and sufficient food for all.

• The report highlights that after decades of declining, hunger is again on the rise.

• More than 820 million people in the world are still hungry today, underscoring the immense challenge of achieving the Zero Hunger target by 2030.

• In Asia, despite great progress in the last five years, Southern Asia is the highest sub region with almost 15% of prevalence of undernourishment.

• In high-income countries, too, sizeable portions of the population lack regular access to nutritious and sufficient food.

• Over 2 billion people (26.4 percent of the world population) do not have regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food and these people live in low- and middle- and high-income countries.

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