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16/12/22 11:47 AM IST

South Africa topples Tunisia as most food secure

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  • The 2022 Global Food Security Index (GFSI) report was released by the British weekly The Economist.
  • In this report, South Africa overtook Tunisia to become the most food-secure country in Africa.
Major Findings
  • The global food environment is deteriorating, making it vulnerable to shocks. Significant progress was made in global food security from 2012 to 2015, with the overall GFSI score increasing by 6 percent.
  • In 2022, the GFSI suffered because of the plummeting of two of its strongest pillars – affordability, and quality and safety. The weakness in the other two pillars (availability, and sustainability and adaptation) continued during this year.
  • In 2022, 8 of the top 10 performing countries are in Europe, with Finland topping the list with a score of 83.7. It is followed by Ireland (scoring 81.7) and Norway (scoring 80.5). These countries have received high scores on all 4 pillars of the GFSI.
  • The non-European countries in the top 10 list are Japan and Canada.
  • South Africa, at the 59th position, was recognized as the most food-secure country in Africa. It made a record leap from the 70th rank in 2021.
  • This comes despite the various global challenges to the country’s agriculture sector, like climate change, the fertilizer crisis caused by the Ukraine war, inflation, etc.
  • This is the first time that a country in Sub-Saharan Africa was the top performer in the continent.
Source- DTE

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