After decades of steady decline, the number of people who suffer from hunger began to slowly increase again in 2015. Current estimates show that nearly 690 million people are hungry (that's the 8.9 percent of the world population) up by 10 million people in one year and by nearly 60 million in five years.
The world is not track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. If recent trends continue, the number of people affected by hunger would suprass 840 million by 2030.
Consequences
According to the World Food Programme, 135 million suffer from acute hunger largely due to man-made conflicts, climate change and economic downturns. The covid-19 doubled that number, putting an addditional 130 million people at risk of suffering acute hunger at the end of 2020.
What we have to do?
With more than a quarter of a billion people potentially at the brink of starvation, swift action needs to be taken to provide food and humanitarian relief to the most at-risk regions.
At the same time, a profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourishthe more than 690 million people who are hungry today (and the additional 2 billion people the world will have to 2050). Increasing agricultural productivity and sustainable food production are crucial to help alleviate the perils of hunger.
The world is not track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030. If recent trends continue, the number of people affected by hunger would suprass 840 million by 2030.
Consequences
According to the World Food Programme, 135 million suffer from acute hunger largely due to man-made conflicts, climate change and economic downturns. The covid-19 doubled that number, putting an addditional 130 million people at risk of suffering acute hunger at the end of 2020.
What we have to do?
With more than a quarter of a billion people potentially at the brink of starvation, swift action needs to be taken to provide food and humanitarian relief to the most at-risk regions.
At the same time, a profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourishthe more than 690 million people who are hungry today (and the additional 2 billion people the world will have to 2050). Increasing agricultural productivity and sustainable food production are crucial to help alleviate the perils of hunger.