SA’s global food security index score remains resilient
[{“type”:”text”,”content”:”Despite this demonstration of stability, South Africau2019s global ranking fell slightly from 69 in the 2020 iteration of the index down to 70, out of the 113 countries assessed. The countryu2019s performance over the last decade has also declined. When implementing the most recent methodology, a like-for-like comparison shows that the country dropped eight spots, from 62 in 2012 to 2021u2019s 70. nnAccording to Tony Esmeraldo, business director of Southern Africa at Corteva Agriscience, this decline is not just unique to South Africa. u201cAfter making rapid gains in the first few years of its inception, the GFSI scores across all nations peaked in 2019, before dropping over the past two years against the backdrop of the pandemic, conflict and climate variability. This drop in GFSI scores has been seen across all regions and nations in all the different income tiers. However, high-income nations in Europe still lead the Index, as they did a decade ago, with Ireland securing the top position, scoring 84. Similarly, sub-Saharan African nations continue to dominate the bottom portion, with Burundi achieving the lowest score at 34.67.u201d”,”position”:0,”id”:”idS4Jhi71Y1UPkRv”}]