World Food Day: For RBI Grade B 2018 and NABARD Grade A and Grade B 2018

World Food Day
For RBI Grade B 2018 and NABARD Grade A and Grade B 2018
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Relevance of this Topic
• RBI Syllabus Topic :

Phase2 (Paper II) : Social Sectors in India, Health, Sustainable Development Goals
• With regard to NABARD Grade A , Grade B :

Phase 2 ( Paper II) : Social Sectors in India, Health and Sustainable Development Goals.
• Past Year Questions : Question asked on various Hunger and poverty related index and SDG 2030
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WHY IN NEWS
FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of
the Organization in 1945. Events are organized in over 150 countries across the world, making
it one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar.
The Theme for World Food Day 2017 is "Change the future of migration. Invest in food
security and rural development".
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Background
The World Food Day was instituted in November 1979 by FAO’s Member
Countries at its 20th General Conference of to raise awareness of issues
behind poverty and hunger.
The day was observed for the first time it on 16 October 1981 and idea of
celebrating the WFD worldwide was mooted by Hungarian Delegation to FAO.
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Facts and Figure on Food and Migration by FAO
• In 2015, there were 244 million international migrants, 40% more than in 2000.
• People who move within national borders were estimated at 763 million in 2013, meaning
that there are more internal migrants than international migrants.
• About one-third of all international migrants are aged 15-34. Nearly half are women.
• A large share of migrants come from rural areas where more than 75% of the world’s poor
and food insecure depend on agriculture and natural resource-based livelihoods.
• A quarter of global refugees reside in only three countries (Turkey, Pakistan and Lebanon).
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FAO, Fome Zero and #ZeroHunger
• Launched in 2003, Fome Zero, aimed to achieve the complete eradication of hunger and
malnutrition in Brazil by tackling its underlying causes, chief among them poverty, and
rural poverty in particular
• At the 2009 World Summit on Food Security in Rome, FAO called for an international
commitment to totally eradicate hunger from the face of the earth by 2025.
• The first of the United Nations’ eight Millennium Development Goals, adopted in
September 2000, was to halve the proportion of hungry people in the world by 2015.
• SDG 2 aims to “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote
sustainable agriculture,” while SDG 1 aims to “End poverty, in all its forms, everywhere”
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Sustainable Development Goal 2
• By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in
vulnerable situations
• By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025.
• By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers.
• By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural
practices.
• By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and
domesticated animals.
• Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural
infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services.
• Correct and prevent trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets.
• Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their
derivatives and facilitate.
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UNDP Facts and Figures on Hunger.
• Globally, one in nine people in the world today (795 million) are undernourished
• Asia is the continent with the most hungry people – two thirds of the total.
• Southern Asia faces the greatest hunger burden, with about 281 million undernourished
people.
• Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45 per cent) of deaths in children under five.
• One in four of the world’s children suffer stunted growth. In developing countries the
proportion can rise to one in three
• Agriculture is the single largest employer in the world, providing livelihoods for 40 per cent
of today’s global population.
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Global Hunger Index.
• Global Hunger Index 2017: India ranks 100th among 119 nations October 12, 201717
report released by Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• The four parameters are (i) Undernourished population (1/3rd weight), (ii) Child wasting
(1/6th weight), (iii) Child stunting (1/6th weight) and (iii) Infant mortality rate (1/3rd
weight).
• Despite India being world’s second largest food producer it has second highest under-
nourished population in the world.
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MCQ’s
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1. World Food Day is celebrated on?
a) 16 November.
b) 16 October.
c) 16 August.
d) 16 September.
2. Zero Hunger Goal is mentioned under which SDG 2030?

a) SDG1
b) SDG2
c) SDG3
d) SDG4
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3. “Global Hunger report” is published by:
a) FAO
b) UNDP
c) IFPRI
d) Pratham NGO
4. The theme of “World Food Day 2017” is:

a) Change the future of migration
b) Food for Work
c) Food and poverty
d) Eliminate Hunger by 2030
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5. Fome Zero project of FAO was implemented in which country?
a) Brazil
b) Australia
c) India
d) USA
6. SDG 2030 aimed to reduce hunger by:

a) Half
b) On third
c) Zero Hunger
d) None of these.
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ANSWERS
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. C
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WORLD FOOD DAY
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Thank You! Happy Learning!
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• RBI Syllabus Topic :

• With regard to NABARD Grade A , Grade B :

2. Zero Hunger Goal is mentioned under which SDG 2030?

4. The theme of “World Food Day 2017” is:

6. SDG 2030 aimed to reduce hunger by:

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