Texas Agriculture Daily News
Food insecurity a growing problem, report says
Thursday, August 09, 2012
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The ever-increasing world's population will mean more hungry people, says a study of low-income countries receiving food aid or experiencing food insecurity conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
The International Food Security Assessment for 2012-2022 shows the number of food-insecure people in the 76 countries studied increasing by 37 million, or 4.6 percent. That number could be a lot larger, given the projected increase in population of 16.7 percent. There is also no expectation of an increase in the distribution gap, defined as the difference in food availability and the quantity of food required to reach nutritional targets per day for each income level.
The only region that did not follow this trend was Sub-Saharan Africa. Over 2012-2022, food security conditions are expected to worsen with a large increase of 15.1 percent in food-insecure people. However, the share of the population affected by uncertainty in their food supply will be less than before, falling from 42 percent to 38 percent. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the distribution gap is also expected to leap upwards by 19 percent, implying a devastating intensity of food security.
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