This report reveals that the number of food insecure people, lacking reliable access to sufficient quantity of nutritious food, has increased by almost 10% in 2020, compared with the data provided at the same time last year. As a result of the findings, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is recommending measures to address these challenges and help those impacted by increased food insecurity. These include a combination of short-term measures such as social protection programmes to support those immediately affected, as well as more medium-long term strategies focused around areas including the maintenance of domestic and international supply chains and incentives for the diversification of agricultural production.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/synthesis-report-state-food-and-nutrition-security-and-vulnerability-southern-0
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/SynthesisReport-on-the-State-of-Food-and-Nutrition-Security-and-Vulnerability-in-SouthernAfrica.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/southern-african-development-community-sadc