Africa has had more success than South Asia in tackling the problem of hunger over the past decade, according to a report on world food production.

Food shortages and malnutrition have been reduced in many parts of Africa, the Global Hunger Index says.

But it remains "extremely alarming" in countries such as Eritrea and Burundi.

The report says India, meanwhile, which has shown strong economic growth, has a disappointing record on tackling the problem.

The wide-ranging report also says the world as a whole is running out of productive land as populations increase.

The report says countries in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are the worst affected.

Eritrea and Burundi and the Caribbean island of Haiti are categorised as "extremely alarming", with more than 50% of the population undernourished.

As well Ethiopia, Chad, East Timor, Central African Republic, Comoros, Sierra Leone, Yemen, Angola, Bangladesh, Zambia, Mozambique, India, Madagascar, Niger, Dijibouti, Sudan, Nepal are categorized as ‘alarming’

On the whole, Africa's relatively good performance in tackling hunger over the past decade is partly due to fewer wars, and the fact that governments have become better at concentrating on improving the health of young children.

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