We are far from achieving goal to eliminate hunger by 2030, UN warns
One in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa faced hunger in 2023 due to conflicts, climate change and economic downturns, according to the UN.
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00:00The world is falling significantly short of achieving zero hunger by 2030.
00:07According to a new report on food security published by the United Nations,
00:12around 733 million people faced hunger last year.
00:17The new report shows that the world has been set back 15 years
00:21with levels of undernourishment comparable to those between 2008 and 2009.
00:30The numbers have not changed from the previous years, basically,
00:33which were already years where we have seen already the increase because of COVID-19.
00:38So what we are reporting this year is that we have between 713 million and 757 million people
00:44which are chronically undernourished, people facing hunger.
00:47At least one out of 11 people in the world are facing hunger.
00:51The regional trends vary significantly in the report.
00:54While hunger continues to rise in Africa, it remains stable in Asia.
00:59South America has very developed social protection programs that allow them to target interventions
01:04so they can effectively move out of hunger in a very fast way because it's efficient.
01:11In the case of Africa, we have not observed that.
01:14We have observed that they still don't have the institutionality
01:16to deliver a good targeted social protection program.
01:19Experts believe food insecurity and malnutrition are worsening
01:24due to persisting food price inflation, conflict and climate change.