State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2023
SOFI is published by the Food and Agriculture Organization and jointly produced with fellow United Nations agencies.
The report, ‘State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World’ (SOFI) 2023, published last month.
It shows that while the cost of a healthy diet has increased in recent years in India, it is still the lowest among the BRICS nations (including the newly added six countries) and India’s neighbours.
However, the share of people who are able to afford such a healthy diet is still low: India features at the bottom of that list since income levels are stagnant or going down.
A diet is considered too expensive if it costs more than 52% of a country’s average income.
This percentage is based on data showing that people in low-income countries spend about 52% of their income on food.
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