UN: The World is Far from Achieving the Goal of Eradicating Hunger by 2030

The United Nations stated today, Wednesday, that approximately 735 million people worldwide suffered from chronic hunger in 2022, threatening to obstruct progress toward the global goal of eradicating hunger by 2030. The international organization clarified in its annual report on the state of food security and nutrition in the world that the rising trend in hunger rates, which has been ongoing for several years, stabilized last year as many countries' economies recovered from the pandemic's aftermath. It pointed out that the war in Ukraine and the pressures it imposed on food and energy prices overshadowed some of these gains. The report stated, "As a result, an estimated 122 million more people experienced hunger in 2022 compared to 2019," adding that "the world is far from being on the right track to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger by 2030." The report predicts that 600 million people will suffer from malnutrition by 2030. Maximo Torero Cullen, the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), remarked in an interview with Reuters, "We see hunger stabilizing at a high level, and that is bad news." Kevin Morgania, Director of Food Systems at Mercy Corps, mentioned in an interview with Reuters that countries need to link humanitarian aid to strengthening local food supply chains to change this trend. He added, "Countries need local solutions."