Important reports and Programmes of FAO 1) Global Report on F | Daily Gk

Important reports and Programmes of FAO

1) Global Report on Food Crises.

2) Every two years, FAO publishes the State of the World’s Forests.

3) FAO and the World Health Organization created the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1961 to develop food standards, guidelines and texts.

4) In 1996, FAO organized the World Food Summit. The Summit concluded with the signing of the Rome Declaration, which established the goal of halving the number of people who suffer from hunger by the year 2015.

5) In 2004 the Right to Food Guidelines were adopted, offering guidance to states on how to implement their obligations on the right to food.

6) FAO created the International Plant Protection Convention or IPPC in 1952.

7) FAO is depositary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, also called Plant Treaty, Seed Treaty or ITPGRFA, entered into force on 29 June 2004.

8) The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Partnership Initiative was conceptualized in 2002 during World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.

STATE OF FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA

• Global Food Security (GFS) Index (2021): India is
ranked at 71st position in 2021 of 113 countries.

• Global Hunger Index (2021): India was ranked 101st
position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021.

• State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World,
2020 report states that prevalence of
undernourishment in total population in India
declined from 21.7 % in 2004-06 to 14 % in 2017-19.