Approximately 733 million people in 2023 grappled with hunger globally, a new survey conducted by five specialised agencies of the United Nations, has revealed.
According to the report, titled “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI)”, and authored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN World Food Programme (WFP), and the World Health Organization (WHO), the world is falling significantly short of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2—Zero Hunger, by 2030.
The SOFI report indicated that the figure implies that one in 11 people globally and one in five in Africa faced extreme hunger last year.
