Global Food Insecurity Expected to Decrease by 2030

WASHINGTON, DC – The food gap measures how much food is needed to raise consumption at every income level to meet the nutritional target of 2,100 calories per capita per day, a minimum intake to sustain a healthy and active lifestyle.

For the four regions studied in a recent Economic Research Service Assessment, the food gap in 2020 ranged from a low of 12 percent in North Africa to 20 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa.

In Asia, lower incomes have increased the food gap’s share of the daily caloric target in 2020 by more than 1 percent, the most of any region.

Despite lower economic growth prospects, the food gap is projected to narrow by 2030.

Income growth, along with relatively stable prices for major grains and lower population growth, are contributing factors to this improvement; however, the gap is 12 percent higher than earlier estimates reported by USDA after pandemic-related revisions.
(SOURCE: All Ag News)