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Focus on Nutrition & Micronutrient – Global Hunger Index 2014

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photo credit: Gates Foundation
photo credit: Gates Foundation

International Food Policy Institute (IFPRI) and Concern Worldwide hosted an online event “2014 Global Hunger Index Twitter Chat” on October 16, World Food Day. The event was open to everybody to discuss the latest Global Hunger Index 2014 and experts answered questions raised by the participants.

I also joined the event to exchange the below questions and answers.

Q. Should the way of combating hunger be different compared to the past?

A. For years we focused on energy levels & Kcal intake. Now greater emphasis is on nutrition & micronutrients (by Connell Foley).

Q. Any correlation between countries with good social protection financing and GHI?

A. Interesting to note that Mexico & Brazil, famous for conditional cash transfers score low on hunger in GHI2014 (by Connell Foley).

Q. Is hunger an important issue in urban as well as rural?

A. Yes. Most people in Sub-Saharan Africa living in urban areas so definitely an issue. In fact slightly hidden (by Connell Foley).

Experts
Connell Foley, Director of Strategy at Concern Worldwide
Purnima Menon, Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFPRI
Rafaël Schneider, Deputy Director Policy and External Relations, Welthungerhilfe
Doris Wiesmann, Independent Consultant

Reference
Global Hunger Index 2014 (by Ippei Tsuruga, 15 October 2014)

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Author: Ippei TsurugaIppei Tsuruga is Social Protection Programme Manager for Indonesia at International Labour Organization. He has been managing programmes and providing technical contributions to social security reforms at the country level in Indonesia, Viet Nam and Myanmar, and also contributing to research and knowledge management at the ASEAN regional and global levels. He has been involved in various policy discussions and research activities on unemployment benefit, old-age, invalidity and survivors’ benefits, maternity benefit, sickness benefit, and the extension of social protection to workers in the informal economy. He has worked at the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Social Protection Department; and JICA Washington D.C. Office, Research Department, Country Office for Kenya, and Africa Department for Kenya, Nigeria and Somalia.

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