thats a revealing bit of data. The earlier World bank report only talked about Indian eating habits being responsible for mal-nutrition -even in affluent families.
Umesh --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More Indians hungry now than in 1990s > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2021594.cms > > Highlighting mine. > > cm > > NEW DELHI: Falling agricultural wages, increasing > landlessness and > rising food prices have severely undermined the > right to food in > rural India with foodgrain availability falling to > 152 kg per capita, > 23 kg less than in the 1990s. > > Over half of India's women and children are > suffering from severe > malnutrition and chronic undernourishment. Over 47 > percent children > are underweight and 46 percent stunted in their > growth figures higher > than most countries in poverty stricken sub-Saharan > Africa. > > The poorest 30 percent of households eat less than > 1700 kilocalories > per day per person, well below the international > minimum standard of > 2100 kilocalories per day, even if they spend 70 > percent of their > income on food. > > These are among the findings of the UN Special > Rapporteur on the > Right to Food, Jean Ziegler, who presented his > report on Extent of > Chronic Hunger and Malnutrition in India before the > UN Human Rights > Council in Geneva on Friday. > > Ziegler's report was based on his visit to India > from August 20 to > September 2, 2005,"motivated by the fact that India > has the largest > number of undernourished people in the world and one > of the highest > levels of child malnutrition". > > The report, which reviews "the situation of > hunger, malnutrition and > food insecurity in India" and whether the theory of > "hunger amidst > plenty" stands, has made some startling revelations.> _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, MD 20740 USA Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, Canada 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Canada # (607) 221-9433 Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
