Progress towards zero hunger has reversed, WFP facing $4.5 bln donor shortfall
The world is no longer moving towards zero hunger and progress has stalled and reversed, said the United Nations World Food Program.
Achieving zero hunger is the second of the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs.
WFP said on June 16 that up to 270.5 million people in 80 countries that it operates in are estimated to be acutely food insecure or at high risk this year.
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