This year’s Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in the Near East and North Africa has an overarching theme of conflict and its effect on food security and nutrition in the region.
During the first decade of the century, sub-Saharan Africa made sound progress in its fight against hunger with the region witnessing a decline in the prevalence and number of undernourished people. However, in 2015 and 2016, there was a reversal of this trend as even the prevalence of undernourished increased.
The fight against hunger is slowing and as we reassess progress we are concerned that the number of hungry people in Asia and the Pacific region may have already begun to rise. This means that many countries in this region risk not meeting the 2030 target of ending food insecurity.
The Europe and Central Asia region encompasses a great deal of natural, economic and social diversity. As a result, the nature and extent of food insecurity problems vary throughout the region.
El 25 de septiembre de 2015, 193 Estados Miembros de las Naciones Unidas adoptaron la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible (con 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) y 169 metas), comprometiendo a la comunidad internacional a erradicar la pobreza y el hambre y alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible entre 2016 y 2030.