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Latin America: World's first region to reach both international hunger goals
28 May 2015, Santiago/Rome--- Latin America and the Caribbean has taken a huge step towards the total eradication of hunger by reducing both the percentage and total number of undernourished people to less than half, says FAO’s latest report, the Panorama of Food Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean 2015, released today. According to the report, in 1990-92, Latin America and the Caribbean began the challenge of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with 14.7% of its population affected by hunger: in 2014-16 this prevalence has fallen to 5.5%, so that the region achieved the hunger goal of the MDGs. The region also met the goal of the World Food Summit (WFS), having reduced the total number of undernourished people to 34.3 million.

Ricardo Rapallo, a food security officer with FAO's Regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile, helps understand how progress was measured and what led to the achievement of such targets. (interview conducted by Sandra Ferrari)
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Tema(s): Agricultura y cultivos, Desarrollo rural o agrícola, Hambre / Inseguridad alimentaria , Producción alimentaria y reservas, Seguridad alimentaria
Realizador: FAO
 
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