Chad - Depth of the food deficit

261 (Kcal per person per day) in 2016

Food deficit of Chad slumped by 5.43% from 276 kcal per person per day in 2015 to 261 kcal per person per day in 2016. Since the 1.28% improve in 2010, food deficit sank by 17.67% in 2016.

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What is food deficit?

The number of calories needed to lift the undernourished from their status, everything else being constant. The average intensity of food deprivation of the undernourished, estimated as the difference between the average dietary energy requirement and the average dietary energy consumption of the undernourished population (food-deprived), is multiplied by the number of undernourished to provide an estimate of the total food deficit in the country, which is then normalized by the total population.

What is Chad food deficit?

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