Feeding India
By Uma Lele Discussions on IFPRI’s Hunger Index illustrate the complexity of India’s malnutrition problem. Solutions must focus on evidence, accountability India’s ranking in the International […]
International Food Policy Research Institute
India stuck in cycle of poverty and unemployment
By Wang Jiamei India ranked 100th out of 119 developing countries on the global hunger index (GHI), behind North Korea, Bangladesh and Iraq but ahead of […]
Can India meet sustainable development goals on poverty, hunger despite sluggish economy?
By Charu Bahri In 2014, India was ranked among the 20 countries with the greatest inequality. As a result, 343.5 million Indians, more than a quarter […]
India, one of the world’s fastest growing economies, is hungrier than even North Korea
Home to the world’s second-largest population, the country fared poorly on the Global Hunger Index (GHI, pdf) for 2017 released by the Washington-based International Food Policy Research […]
India needs to triple investment in agricultural research: IFPRI
NEW DELHI :Â India needs to double or triple its investment in agricultural research if it has to reach to anywhere close to what China has […]
UN report explores ways urbanization can be a catalyst for rural development
Meeting the rising urban demand for food can increase the incomes of the rural poor, most of whom derive their livelihoods from small and family […]