Ghana ranks 67th in 2013 global food security index

Ghana ranked 67th among 107 countries worldwide in the 2013 edition of the Global Food Security Index published July 2013 by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and US company DuPont.

With a score of 45.4, Ghana came third on the rankings among 28 countries in the sub-Saharan Africa region.

South Africa and Botswana were the two nations ahead of Ghana.

The Global Food Security Index considered core issues of affordability, availability, and quality across all the 107 countries.

The index, which is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative scoring model, was compiled from 27 unique indicators that measured the drivers of food security across both developing and developed countries.

According to the Index, Ghana’s strengths  out of a 100 score were on the Prevalence of undernourishment (100); Intensity of food deprivation (97.3); Volatility of agricultural production (91); Urban absorption capacity (84.9); and Food safety (76.8).

The Index highlighted low contribution of the food sector to gross domestic product per capita, low public expenditure on agricultural R&D and less quality of protein in food as some of the challenges facing the country.

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By Ekow Quandzie