Sunday Times

OUR SCORECARD

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THE GOOD

Our food safety levels are 14% better than the global average

Access to financing for farmers is 14% above the global average

Our nutritiona­l monitoring and surveillan­ce is 16% better than the global average

THE BAD

35% of the population is living below the global poverty line (10% worse than the global average)

Micronutri­ent availabili­ty is at 38% (this is a measure of iron and vitamin A in the food supply) — 6% lower than the global average

The quality of our protein is 5% below the global average

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