10-02-22 Daily-Odisha-OPSC Current Affairs

Indias system is an example before the world, said BishowParajuli, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) representative and country director to India, here on Wednesday.

Delivering the 18th foundation day lecture at KIIT deemed to be university, Parajuli said, India has made tremendous progress in the field of food security during the last 50 years. It has become a food surplus country from a food-dependent country. Along with food production, conducive policy, Science and Technology, efficient supply chain, market and access are among the factors that have contributed to the progress.

He said the production of food is not equal to the availability of food. Sadly, global hunger is rising. Up to 811 million people do not have enough to eat, while 270 million suffer from acute hunger despite plenty of food production, he remarked.