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FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FRAMEWORK:
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES1
Hari Dahal,2
Ph D and Doj Raj Khanal,3
Ph D
Poverty and Food Security
Poverty and food security are closely linked concepts that overlaps to a large extent.
It is...
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1 | P a g e
FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FRAMEWORK:
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES1
Hari Dahal,2
Ph D and Doj Raj Khanal,3
Ph D
Poverty and Food Security
Poverty and food security are closely linked concepts that overlaps to a large extent.
It is thought that
hunger is the result of poverty but hunger can also be a cause of poverty.
Globally more than one billion
people – one sixth of the world population live on less than US $ 1 a day and they are the ones to suffer
most from chronic hunger and malnutrition (RAP, 2006; WSFP, 2009).
South Asia has about 423 million
the highest number of people living in absolute poverty that makes up about 40% of world’s hungry people.
The region holds about 23 percent of world population but hardly commands 2 percent of global income
suggesting the highest concentration of poverty and food insecurity in the world (FAO/SAARC, 2008).
South Asia primarily is an agricultural region having around 52% population dependent on agriculture that
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