The U.S. no longer claims the top spot in a global ranking of how well countries can feed their own people, as concerns about agricultural research spending and government policy trends may make the world’s top food exporter a less-certain place to get a meal. Ireland is the world’s most “food-secure” nation, improving its food affordability, availability, quality, and safety while the U.S. stagnated, according to the sixth annual Global Food Security Index. Worldwide, food security fell for the first time in 5 years, largely because of increases in the number of refugees, weather disasters, and global political instability. This year the examination added metrics based on climate and natural-resource risks. Adjusting for those factors, the U.S. fell to fourth place, with Austria and France moving ahead.
Source: Bloomberg, 9/26/17, Global Food Security
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