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July 15, 2019
More than 820 million peopleworldwide were under nourished in 2018, the third consecutive year of slightincrease after decades of decline.
This is said according to a reportpresented on Monday by the International Fund for Agricultural Development(IFAD) to newsmen, United Nations officials and stakeholders at IFAD’sheadquarters.
The 239-page `’The State of FoodSecurity and Nutrition in the World’ report, released annually, is acomprehensive look at the state of hunger worldwide.
The report is produced by IFAD alongwith the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the WorldFood Program (WFP), both based in Rome, as well as the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
According to the report, the numberof hungry people in the world is increasing more or less in step with theglobal population growth.
This means the figure of 820 millionhungry people in 2018 represents a slight increase compared to 2017, but inrelative terms, the number of undernourished people in the world has heldsteady at just under 11 per cent.