UN Report: Global Hunger Crisis Deepens, Targets For 2030 Eradication Goal Under Threat

United Nations’ goal to eradicate world hunger by 2030 seems increasingly challenging to achieve due to the impacts of wars, climate change, and economic crises. According to a UN report released yesterday, chronic hunger remained high and healthy food was out of reach of many people.

 

The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report said that around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023. It said that the situation in Africa was particularly dire, with one in five people there experiencing hunger.

 

According to the report jointly compiled by the Food and Agriculture



Organization based in Rome, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and the World Food Program, a nutritious diet was beyond the financial reach of over one-third of the global population in 2023. The report was presented for the upcoming G20 summit in Brazil and suggested that a reform of financing food security and nutrition was required to reduce global hunger. The report also warned that with ongoing trends, about 582 million people are projected to suffer chronic undernourishment by the end of the decade, with half of this population in Africa.