Name the Organisation, which has recently released the 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR).
Options
A. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
B. Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)
C. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
D. World Food Programme
Correct Answer
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Explanation
According to the 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR), rural areas continue to be in a state of crisis and threatening to slow the progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, global climate targets, and improved food and nutrition security due to hunger, malnutrition, poverty, environmental degradation. 821 mn people in the world are facing chronic food deprivation.The report was prepared by the Washington DC-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Rural transformation and revitalization have been the pre-eminent goal of India's development efforts since independence, according to the report.
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