With 735 million people hungry, UN says world is “off track” to meet its 2030 goal
Reuters About 735 million people worldwide faced chronic hunger in 2022, a figure much higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic and which threatens progress towards a global goal to end hunger by 2030, said the United Nations on Wednesday. A multi-year upward trend in hunger rates leveled off last year as many countries recovered economically […]
“Look beyond hunger” says UN as one in four lack access to healthy food
RomeThomson Reuters Foundation More than two billion people lack access to healthy food, putting them at risk of health problems – and many of them live in North America or Europe, the United Nations said on Monday, urging governments to “look beyond hunger”. More than a quarter of the world’s population now struggles to eat […]