{"id":32557,"date":"2024-11-22T17:38:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=32557"},"modified":"2024-11-22T17:38:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:08:45","slug":"global-alliance-against-hunger-and-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/22-11-2024\/global-alliance-against-hunger-and-poverty","title":{"rendered":"Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ International Bodies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recently, the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty was launched at the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Alliance\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>It aims<\/strong> to accelerate efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty while promoting the <strong>Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The goal is to eliminate all nations from the <strong>Food and Agriculture Organization\u2019s (FAO) <\/strong>hunger map by <strong>2030.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Members:<\/strong> It consists of <strong>148 members<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This includes <strong>82 countries<\/strong>, the <strong>African Union,<\/strong> the<strong> European Union,<\/strong> some international organizations, and non-governmental organizations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Alliance has been open to membership even for countries that are not part of the G20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Technical headquarters:<\/strong> FAO headquarters in Rome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key pillars\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>National:<\/strong> Coordination of specific public policies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Knowledge:<\/strong> Integration of data and technologies for evidence-based solutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Financial: <\/strong>Large-scale resource mobilization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Strategic commitments of the Alliance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reach 500 million people<\/strong> being part of income distribution programs by 2030;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expand school meals to 150 million children<\/strong> in countries with high child hunger rates;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mobilize billions of dollars<\/strong> through multilateral banks for effective anti-poverty programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>What is Hunger?<\/strong><br>&#8211; The <strong>Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)<\/strong> defines hunger as food deprivation, or undernourishment, as the habitual consumption of too few calories to provide the minimum dietary energy an individual requires to live a healthy and productive life, given that person\u2019s sex, age, stature, and physical activity level.<br><strong>Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2024<\/strong><br>&#8211; The GHI is published by <strong>Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe<\/strong> annually to measure and track hunger at global, regional, and national levels.<br>&#8211; GHI is calculated based on a f<strong>ormula combining four indicators<\/strong> that capture the multidimensional nature of hunger;<br>1. Undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting, and child mortality.<br>&#8211; <strong>According to the GHI 2024<\/strong>, the hunger levels in<strong> 42 countries are at alarming levels,<\/strong> making the goal of Zero Hunger by 2030 unattainable.\u00a0<br>1. India is ranked <strong>105th among 127 countries,<\/strong> indicating a \u2018serious\u2019 level of hunger.<br>&#8211; <strong>Six countries<\/strong> \u2013 Somalia, Yemen, Chad, Madagascar, Burundi, and South Sudan- have levels of hunger considered alarming.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/upsc-current-affairs\/upsc-essentials\/knowledge-nugget-of-the-day-global-alliance-against-hunger-and-poverty-9681137\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty was launched at the G20 Leaders\u2019 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32558,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32557\/revisions\/32558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}