Fight against global hunger set back 15 years, warns UN report

“The bottom line is that we are still far off-track towards the goal of ridding the world of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition by 2030,” said Maximo Torero, Chief Economist at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (

), in reference to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and specifically SDG 2: Zero Hunger.

Mr. Torero noted that if current trends persist, around 582 million people will still face hunger in 2030, half of…