Best food security seen in US, Denmark
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July 11, 2012, Wednesday
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PEOPLE in the United States and other advanced nations consume an average of 1,200 calories per day more than those in low-income countries, but even in these wealthy nations food supplies lack enough micro-nutrients, according to a report issued yesterday.
The "Global Food Security Index" found that the US, Denmark, Norway and France led the world in food security thanks to ample supplies, high incomes, low costs for food relative to other expenditure and significant research and development concentrated on food production.
The least secure nations were largely found in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria and Mozambique.
The index is aimed at ranking and measuring food security in 105 countries by looking at such things as food affordability, availability, nutritional quality and safety.
DuPont, a developer of genetically altered crops, commissioned the Global Food Security Index as a means of identifying areas where reforms were most urgently needed.
"We've always known that what gets measured, gets done," DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman said in a statement.
The United Nations has said that by 2030, the world will need at least 50 percent more food to feed a growing population.
The food security index commissioned by DuPont was launched by the Economist Intelligence Unit, an advisory and forecasting research firm.
Among other things, the index indicated that China experienced the least volatility of agricultural production during the last 20 years.
The "Global Food Security Index" found that the US, Denmark, Norway and France led the world in food security thanks to ample supplies, high incomes, low costs for food relative to other expenditure and significant research and development concentrated on food production.
The least secure nations were largely found in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria and Mozambique.
The index is aimed at ranking and measuring food security in 105 countries by looking at such things as food affordability, availability, nutritional quality and safety.
DuPont, a developer of genetically altered crops, commissioned the Global Food Security Index as a means of identifying areas where reforms were most urgently needed.
"We've always known that what gets measured, gets done," DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman said in a statement.
The United Nations has said that by 2030, the world will need at least 50 percent more food to feed a growing population.
The food security index commissioned by DuPont was launched by the Economist Intelligence Unit, an advisory and forecasting research firm.
Among other things, the index indicated that China experienced the least volatility of agricultural production during the last 20 years.
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