2012 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses
World hunger, according to the 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI), has declined somewhat since 1990 but remains “serious.” The global average masks dramatic differences among regions and countries. Regionally, the highest GHI scores are in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. South Asia reduced its GHI sc...
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| author | von Grebmer, Klaus Ringler, Claudia Rosegrant, Mark W. Olofinbiyi, Tolulope Wiesmann, Doris Fritschel, Heidi Badiane, Ousmane Torero, Maximo Yohannes, Yisehac Thompson, Jennifer von Oppeln, Constanze Rahall, Joseph |
| author_browse | Badiane, Ousmane Fritschel, Heidi Olofinbiyi, Tolulope Rahall, Joseph Ringler, Claudia Rosegrant, Mark W. Thompson, Jennifer Torero, Maximo Wiesmann, Doris Yohannes, Yisehac von Grebmer, Klaus von Oppeln, Constanze |
| author_facet | von Grebmer, Klaus Ringler, Claudia Rosegrant, Mark W. Olofinbiyi, Tolulope Wiesmann, Doris Fritschel, Heidi Badiane, Ousmane Torero, Maximo Yohannes, Yisehac Thompson, Jennifer von Oppeln, Constanze Rahall, Joseph |
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| description | World hunger, according to the 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI), has declined somewhat since 1990 but remains “serious.” The global average masks dramatic differences among regions and countries. Regionally, the highest GHI scores are in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. South Asia reduced its GHI score significantly between 1990 and 1996—mainly by reducing the share of underweight children— but could not maintain this rapid progress. Though Sub-Saharan Africa made less progress than South Asia in the 1990s, it has caught up since the turn of the millennium, with its 2012 GHI score falling below that of South Asia. From the 1990 GHI to the 2012 GHI, 15 countries reduced their scores by 50 percent or more. In terms of absolute progress, between the 1990 GHI and the 2012 GHI, Angola, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nicaragua, Niger, and Vietnam saw the largest improvements in their scores. Twenty countries still have levels of hunger that are “extremely alarming” or “alarming.” Most of the countries with alarming GHI scores are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (the 2012 GHI does not, however, reflect the recent crisis in the Horn of Africa, which intensified in 2011, or the uncertain food situation in the Sahel). Two of the three countries with extremely alarming 2012 GHI scores—Burundi and Eritrea—are in Sub-Saharan Africa; the third country with an extremely alarming score is Haiti. Its GHI score fell by about one quarter from 1990 to 2001, but most of this improvement was reversed in subsequent years. The devastating January 2010 earthquake, although not yet fully captured by the 2012 GHI because of insufficient availability of recent data, pushed Haiti back into the category of “extremely alarming.” In contrast to recent years, the Democratic Republic of Congo is not listed as “extremely alarming,” because insufficient data are available to calculate the country’s GHI score. Current and reliable data are urgently needed to appraise the situation in the country. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1552482025-11-06T05:30:47Z 2012 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses von Grebmer, Klaus Ringler, Claudia Rosegrant, Mark W. Olofinbiyi, Tolulope Wiesmann, Doris Fritschel, Heidi Badiane, Ousmane Torero, Maximo Yohannes, Yisehac Thompson, Jennifer von Oppeln, Constanze Rahall, Joseph children hunger food security nutrition malnutrition indicators agricultural policies smallholders property rights sustainability climate change World hunger, according to the 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI), has declined somewhat since 1990 but remains “serious.” The global average masks dramatic differences among regions and countries. Regionally, the highest GHI scores are in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. South Asia reduced its GHI score significantly between 1990 and 1996—mainly by reducing the share of underweight children— but could not maintain this rapid progress. Though Sub-Saharan Africa made less progress than South Asia in the 1990s, it has caught up since the turn of the millennium, with its 2012 GHI score falling below that of South Asia. From the 1990 GHI to the 2012 GHI, 15 countries reduced their scores by 50 percent or more. In terms of absolute progress, between the 1990 GHI and the 2012 GHI, Angola, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nicaragua, Niger, and Vietnam saw the largest improvements in their scores. Twenty countries still have levels of hunger that are “extremely alarming” or “alarming.” Most of the countries with alarming GHI scores are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (the 2012 GHI does not, however, reflect the recent crisis in the Horn of Africa, which intensified in 2011, or the uncertain food situation in the Sahel). Two of the three countries with extremely alarming 2012 GHI scores—Burundi and Eritrea—are in Sub-Saharan Africa; the third country with an extremely alarming score is Haiti. Its GHI score fell by about one quarter from 1990 to 2001, but most of this improvement was reversed in subsequent years. The devastating January 2010 earthquake, although not yet fully captured by the 2012 GHI because of insufficient availability of recent data, pushed Haiti back into the category of “extremely alarming.” In contrast to recent years, the Democratic Republic of Congo is not listed as “extremely alarming,” because insufficient data are available to calculate the country’s GHI score. Current and reliable data are urgently needed to appraise the situation in the country. 2012-10-09 2024-10-08T13:47:00Z 2024-10-08T13:47:00Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155248 en de es it fr Open Access application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute von Grebmer, Klaus; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W.; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Wiesmann, Doris; Fritschel, Heidi; Badiane, Ousmane; Torero, Maximo; Yohannes, Yisehac; Thompson, Jennifer; von Oppeln, Constanze; Rahall, Joseph. 2012. 2012 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses. Bonn, Germany; Washington, DC; and Dublin, Ireland: Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German AgroAction); International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Concern Worldwide. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896299429. |
| spellingShingle | children hunger food security nutrition malnutrition indicators agricultural policies smallholders property rights sustainability climate change von Grebmer, Klaus Ringler, Claudia Rosegrant, Mark W. Olofinbiyi, Tolulope Wiesmann, Doris Fritschel, Heidi Badiane, Ousmane Torero, Maximo Yohannes, Yisehac Thompson, Jennifer von Oppeln, Constanze Rahall, Joseph 2012 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses |
| title | 2012 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses |
| title_full | 2012 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses |
| title_fullStr | 2012 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses |
| title_full_unstemmed | 2012 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses |
| title_short | 2012 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses |
| title_sort | 2012 global hunger index the challenge of hunger ensuring sustainable food security under land water and energy stresses |
| topic | children hunger food security nutrition malnutrition indicators agricultural policies smallholders property rights sustainability climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155248 |
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