Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Email id: gowdkirankumar@gmail.com
Online published on 30 October, 2017.
The first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) aimed at reducing poverty and hunger by half between 1990 and 2015. The goal combined issues of extreme poverty and hunger as they are a common cause and expected an effect. The goal might appear simple but involve complex and interwoven policies. It is quoted widely that more than one billion poor crossed the extreme poverty and the global south played a major role in reducing the hunger. However, about 800 million are reported to be poor in extreme poverty and hunger. The developing countries (or ‘global south’) evolved country-specific food security models, and are expecting a breakthrough in this domain by focusing on zero hunger. This article attempts to conceptualise different policy perspectives of ‘global south’ by using the comparative method and a critical analysis of different food security models is presented as a conclusion.
Comparative public policy, Comparative food policy, Food security, Global south, Models
