Global hunger is rising, warns major UN report | World Economic …
Jul 23, 2020 · Almost 690 million people in the world were undernourished in 2019 – that’s 8.9% of the world population, a new UN report says. This figure could exceed 840 million by 2030, if current trends continue. Factors increasing global hunger include economic slowdowns and extreme weather events. The UN warns that without efforts to reform global ...
This is how AI could feed the world’s hungry while sustaining the ...
Sep 24, 2020 · Here are 4 ways AI is helping to feed the hungry while saving the planet: 1. Some agricultural AI startups are focused on the field, training powerful algorithms on vast new datasets to improve the efficiency and performance of traditional farms. Israel-based Prospera collects some 50 million data points each day from 4,700 fields.
Russia’s war in Ukraine is worsening world hunger | World …
Apr 29, 2022 · Listen to the article. Russia’s war in Ukraine is worsening world hunger, with 47 million people in 81 countries on the edge of famine, the World Food Programme warns. The number of people facing acute food insecurity has more than doubled from 135 million before the pandemic to 276 million, it says. Solutions include self-watering food ...
This is the state of food security in 2023 | World Economic Forum
Aug 2, 2023 · The SOFI report highlights the food security and nutrition challenges in 2022. Of the 2.4 billion people facing a lack of constant access to food, around 900 million individuals faced severe food insecurity. Moreover, access to healthy diets has deteriorated since the global pandemic, with 3.1 billion people unable to afford a nutritious diet ...
The UN tells Elon Musk how his money could end world hunger
Nov 19, 2021 · The UN’s $6.6 billion proposal could help 42 million vulnerable people survive 2022. Billionaire Elon Musk challenged the United Nations (UN) to show how $6 billion of his fortune could be used to overcome world hunger, prompting the UN's World Food Programme to produce a detailed plan. Musk’s challenge was sparked by earlier comments from ...
World Food Day: What it is and why it's more important than ever
Oct 13, 2022 · World Food Day is marked on 16 October each year. It commemorates the founding of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. Hundreds of events and outreach activities around the world bring together governments, businesses, the public and the media to promote awareness and action for those suffering from hunger.
Food systems: These innovations could help end world hunger
Mar 15, 2022 · The World Economic Forum and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization have published a roadmap to help countries accelerate inclusive food systems innovation. There is a $15.2 billion funding gap for food system innovation that could support ending hunger, keeping emissions within 2°C and reducing water use by 10%.
What is hunger? | World Economic Forum
Oct 16, 2015 · But in order to have a possibility of eradicating it, the world needs to take action. To keep up with the Agenda subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Author: Rosamond Hutt is a Senior Producer at Formative Content. Image: Children wait in a food queue at an orphanage run by a non-governmental organization on World Hunger Day, in Chennai May 28 ...
Why dietary changes could help end world hunger
Sep 17, 2015 · But by 2050, climate and population pressures – alongside an expanding global middle-class with an appetite for meat – will make it harder to keep up the momentum on zero hunger. “Diets will have to change,” Obersteiner said. Changing climate, shifting diets. Today half the world’s agricultural land is used for livestock farming, he ...
This is how COVID-19 has affected world hunger - The World …
Jul 13, 2021 · World hunger and malnutrition levels worsened dramatically last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, says the U.N. Its new report shows that the number of undernourished people rose to around 768 million last year, equivalent to 10% of the world's population. This was up by 118 million, compared to 2019. In Africa, 282 million people or 21% of ...