Global hunger falls but conflicts and climate threaten progress, says UN
Around 673-million people, or 8.2% of the world's population, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5% in 2023, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report jointly prepared by five UN agencies.
They said the report focused on chronic, long-term problems and did not fully reflect the impact of acute crises brought on by specific events and wars, including Gaza.
Maximo Torero, chief economist for the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation, said improved access to food in South America and India had driven the overall decline, but cautioned that conflicts and other factors in places such as Africa and the Middle East risked undoing the gains.
'If conflicts continue to grow, if vulnerabilities continue to grow and the debt stress continues to increase, the numbers will increase again,' he told Reuters on the sidelines of a UN food summit in Ethiopia.
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