Global hunger increasing even before pandemic, UN warns, putting Zero Hunger 2030 target in doubt
Global hunger was increasing even before the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations has warned, putting its Zero Hunger 2030 target in doubt.
An annual study estimates almost 690 million people went hungry in 2019 – up by 10 million from 2018 and by nearly 60 million in five years.
The hungry are most numerous in Asia but expanding fastest in Africa, according to the latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World.
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