In 1946, more than half the world’s population faced hunger. Today, this figure has fallen dramatically—to 8 percent—even as the global population has tripled. Progress the past 20 years has been significant with, for example, Cambodia bringing its hunger levels down from 25 percent in 2000 to 5 percent in 2025. Unfortunately, progress has not only stalled—it has reversed in some regions. At the same time, we are facing colossal health and environmental problems worldwide because of an...

Hesat2030 has published a new report that identifies 10 high-impact nutrition interventions for agriculture and food systems – from production to markets and consumption – to improve diet quality and contribute to ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition. When bundled together, these interventions boost efficiency and reduce overall costs. “At a time when aid budgets are under stress, it is no longer viable to address food security, agricultural development, environmental protection and...

The world remains off-track to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Why? because of a failure to prioritise diet quality and food access. Agriculture and food systems continue to deliver empty calories at the expense of nutrition, with detrimental consequences to public health, environmental sustainability, and inequality. This calls for a shift in how hunger is addressed. The Hesat2030 initiative, co-chaired by the FAO, the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, IFPRI and CABI, shows that ending...