Global Food Security Index 2021

What is Global Food Security Index?

• The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) is a methodology that evaluates the basic issues of Food cost, availability, quality, and safety, as well as natural resources and resilience, across 113 countries.
• The GFSI is based on a dynamic quantitative and qualitative benchmarking approach that employs 58 unique variables to assess food security in both industrialised and developing countries.
• The GFS Index was developed by Economist Impact in London and is supported by Corteva Agriscience.
• The Economist Impact model is updated on an annual basis to track year-on-year changes in factors affecting food security across these 113 nations. The GFSI is designed and built by Economist Impact (the Economist Group), and it is sponsored by Corteva Agriscience.

About the GFSI 2021:

• Ireland, Australia, the United Kingdom, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, France, and the United States all tied for first place, with GFS scores ranging between 77.8 and 80 on the index.
• With a score of 57.2 points, India was rated 71st out of 113 countries in the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) 2021. India outperformed Pakistan (75th), Sri Lanka (77th), Nepal (79th), and Bangladesh (84th), but it fell much behind China (34th).
• India was ranked 80th in Food Affordability, 29th in Availability, 74th in Quality and Safety, and 40th in Natural Resources and Resilience across the core categories.
• In the category of food affordability, India (50.2 points) lagged after Pakistan (52.6 points) and Sri Lanka (52.6 points) (62.9 points). In the field of food quality and safety, India outperformed Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
• India’s score improved by only 2.7 points when compared to the previous year (from 54.5 in 2012 to 57.2 points in 2021).
• In its global report, Economist Impact stated that the Index shows that to meet these present and emerging future challenges requires that investments in food security are sustained – from innovation in climate-resilient crop yields to investing in programs to assist the most vulnerable.
• “The GFSI looks beyond hunger to identify the underlying factors affecting food insecurity around the world,” said Tim Glenn, Executive Vice-President and Chief Commercial Officer, Corteva Agriscience.

Source: impact.economist, Indian Express

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