Глобальный форум по продовольственной безопасности и питанию (Форум FSN)

It is a right time to debate on inequality in food security and nutrition level in economic and other related crises in the world. In general, there is a huge disparity in the economic development and benefits in the economy. The economic slowdown and covid-19 pandemic further increased the disparities in social and economical aspects; millions of people were entered into the poverty and extreme poverty level in developing economies. In the case of food, the FAO’s The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 pointed out that around 828 million people in the world faced hunger in 2021, including 425 million in Asia. Present COVID – 19 give a lesson to us, particularly developed societies, in terms of how the food, food security and nutrition are important to meet and get out from the health issues during the pandemic times. Physical fitness and nutrition are the basic and essential parts of a human being and are necessary for human life. Further, nutrition is the process of providing or obtaining food necessary for physical, mental, and emotional health and growth. The world must ensure physical, social, and economic access to food security and nutrients for all people at all times. Access to food is the closest thing to skills and employment. Against this background, I am submitting some of the policy implications for reducing inequalities in food security and nutrition.

1. With the support of local governments, implement a subsidy food and nutrition scheme and create centers in rural areas to reduce food and nutrition inequalities.
2. We must ensure decent work with a decent wage in the informal sector and try to reduce income inequalities in the bottom of formal and informal sectors.
3. Over the years, the food price index has shown increasing trends in many countries.
4. Make more effective mutual agreements between food and nutrition supply and demand countries.
5. Adoption of low-cost, environmentally friendly farming technologies as well as crops with high nutritional value.
6. By protecting the interests of small and medium farmers by providing low-interest institutional credit, providing subsistence prices for crop production, eliminating middlemen, and increasing productivity, these farmers must remain involved in agriculture for production and to feed future stomachs.
7. Fend off voluntary or forced food insecurity and give food freedom to all.
8. Linking academia, research, and society to ensure food security at all levels, from schools to society.
9. Create a global integrated food feeding scheme and a global integrated food financing scheme with the support of international agencies to meet future outbreaks.
10. Create more awareness about "stopping food wastage" and "eating right" at all levels.
11. Give educated and single-mother families employment opportunities and ensure their rights to work and nutrition.
12. There has been a steady increase in the prices of essential commodities in recent times, particularly COVID-19. Lockdown and raising the general price level affect the purchasing power and adversely affect the middle and lower class households.
13. Ensure food security for children and elderly through a integrated public food distribution program, and establish an elder pension programme for people aged 60 and up in low-income households.
14. Ensure that developed countries help less developed countries in terms of providing food security and removing supply-side constraints. The UN FAO supports the changes in stock and imports of food products in less developed economies.
15. Ensure 3A to everyone on (Availability, Accessibility and Affordability) food and nutrition rights at global level particularly in developing and less developed countries.