Global Food Policy Report, 2024

INDIA RELATED FINDINGS

• 38% Indians consume unhealthy diet (Calorie dense & nutrient poor). This is on the rise.
• 28% Indians consume all the five recommended food groups ie Starchy staple food, One vegetable, one fruit, one pulse, nut or seed & one animal source food.
• Consumption of processed food is increasing.
• In India, the malnutritioned population has increased from 15.4% (2011) to 16.6% (2021)
• Prevalence of overweight in adults increased from 12.9% (2006) to 16.4% (2016)

ABOUT IFPRI

• The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is an international agricultural research center founded in 1975 to improve the understanding of national agricultural and food policies to promote the adoption of innovations in agricultural technology.
• The mission of IFPRI is to provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition.
• IFPRI operates in more than 50 countries with offices in several developing countries, including China, Ethiopia, and India, and has research staff working in many more countries around the world.
• IFPRI’s institutional strategy rests on three pillars:
  • Research,
  • Capacity strengthening, and
  • Policy communication

FOCUS AREAS

• Gender & Development.
• Climate Change.
• Transgenic Crops.

PUBLICATIONS:

• The Global Food Policy Report.
• The Global Hunger Index (a collaboration of IFPRI, the Welthungerhilfe, and Concern Worldwide)