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Georgia is Among ‘Moderately Undernourished’ States According to IFPRI

October 12, 2010
BBC reports that according to the Global Hunger Index published by International Food Policy Research Institute, Georgia is in the list of ‘Moderately undernourished’ states.

“Hunger rate is the lowest in the post soviet states; that means the situation is relatively good. However, in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan is moderately undernourished,” states the document.

IFPRI informs that index for hunger in the world remains serious. The overall number of hungry people, as measured by the FAO, surpassed 1 billion people in 2009, though new estimates suggest that number will have dropped to 925 million in 2010.

The high hunger rates are related with the lack of children’s nourishment. Most of the countries with ‘alarming’ GHI scores are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The authors call upon the authorities to fight against the insufficiency in the children’s nourishment in order to reduce the unwilling data.

The FAO defines ‘hunger’ specifically as consumption of fewer than about 1,800 kilocalories a day – the minimum that most people require to live a healthy and productive life. The term ‘undernutrition’ signifies deficiencies in energy, protein, essential vitamins and minerals, or any or all of these.

The 2010 GHI is calculated for 122 countries; among them were 29 countries in the south of Sahara and Asia. The situation is alarming according to the FAO.

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