The key findings from the report revealed that more than one in four in India and Peru say that their children complain of insufficient food to eat. Around a quarter in India say that their children ‘often’ or ‘sometimes’ go without food for a whole day. And those with three or more school-age children in India, Peru, and Nigeria are most likely to report that their children go hungry for whole days at a time.

The report also suggests that those in India are least likely to have reduced the food they buy but noted that 27 percent of people in India report that they can never afford to buy nutritious food such as meat, milk or vegetables.

17 percent respondents in India said they have allowed their children to miss school in order to work and help pay for the family’s food. This was more likely noted to prevail in parents who were less educated. The foods that the poorest eat in times of hardship in India were recorded to be pulses, chapatti, vegetables, rice, etc which are generally of low quality.

About 66 percent respondents in India said that rising food prices were a pressing concern in 2011. The report also suggests that in India and Nigeria, parents struggle to feed their children. It seems like a large section of the population is unaffected by the economic progress of these countries. 51 percent surveyed in India strongly agreed that rising price of food has become the most pressing concern.