Food Security in 2020: A significant advantage of Turkey
Global Food Security has gained even greater importance after the emergence of Covid-19 disease and consequently investors have started to pay more attention on this once they are about to invest for a 2nd Citizenship and comparing different countries.
Turkey, along with being 19th biggest economy of the world with its almost 85 million population, is also famous with its authentic recipes and dishes, harmonizing Mediterranean and Near Eastern food culture, while sustaining its cleanliness & hygiene.
According to Global Food Security Index (GFSI), released by The Economist Information Unit of year 2020, Turkey has been described as a country of “Good Performance” and outperformed 82 countries, thus confirming its well-known position with regards to its clean & hygenic food sector.
This research evaluates quality of Food Security under 3 pillars, namely availability, affordability and finally, Quality & Safety. In the sub-category of Food Safety, which is placed under the last one, Turkey displays an extraordinary performance, scoring 99.2% succesful. Turkey also draws attention with its high quality nutrition practice in other areas such as Protein Quality, Micronutrients Availability and Dietary Availability of Vitamin A & Iron, scoring way above world average.
Proteus Global Food Security Index, which is regularly prepared by World Food Programme (WFP) under United Nations, also emphasizes the strength of Turkey in this area. This Index classifies countries which obtain an index point over 0,400 as mean, implying weakness of a country regarding food security. Meanwhile, Turkey is given an index point of 0,177 in this index, thus keeping its food safety at a considerably high level with its position which is way above mean countries.
As indicated in above mentioned and many other worldwide-renowned researches, Turkey manages to hold a good track record in Food Security are, which might be considered one of numerous advantages for choosing Turkey as a safe and beautiful place to live in & invest.
As of 2020, having food security gives Turkey a significant advantage when comparing with other nations, particularly with other CIP and RBI nations offering citizenship by invesment programs.
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Sources
1: Global Food Security Index by The Economist
2: Proteus Global Food Security Index by World Food Programme