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Direct Link to Full 62-Page 2015 FAO Publication:
http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4646e.pdf
Meeting 2015 International Hunger Targets:
Taking Stock of Uneven Progress
This year´s annual State of Food Insecurity in the World
report takes stock of progress made towards achieving the internationally
established Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) and World Food Summit hunger
targets and reflects on what needs to be done, as we transition to the new
post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda. The report reviews progress made
since 1990 for every country and region as well as for the world as a whole.
Progress towards the MDG 1 target, however, is assessed
not only by measuring undernourishment, or hunger, but also by a second
indicator – the prevalence of underweight children under five yearsof age.
Progress for the two indicators across regions and over time, is compared,
providing insights into the complexity of food security.
Overall progress not with standing, much work remains to
be done to eradicate hunger and achieve food security across all its
dimensions. The 2015 report not only estimates the progress already achieved,
but also identifies remaining problems, and provides guidanceon which policies
should be emphasized in the future. Key factors that have determined success to
date towards food security and nutrition goals are identified. The list of
factors – economic growth,agricultural productivity growth, markets (including international
trade) and social protection – is by no means exhaustive. The report also
shows how protracted crises, due to conflict or natural disasters, have
deleterious effects on progress in hunger reduction.
Notes
Countries revise their official statistics regularly for
the past as well as the latest reported period. The same holds for population
data of the United Nations. Whenever this happens, FAO revises its estimates of
undernourishment accordingly. Therefore, users are advised to refer to changes
in estimates over time only within the same edition of The State of
Food Insecurity in the World and refrain from comparing data published
in editions for different years.
Countries, areas and territories for which there were insufficient or not
reliable data to conduct the assessment are not reported. These include:
American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Aruba, Bahrain, Bhutan, British Virgin
Islands, Burundi, Canton and Enderbury Islands, Cayman Islands, Christmas
Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Comoros, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Faeroe Islands, French Guiana,
French Polynesia, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guam, Holy See, Johnston Island,
Libya, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Micronesia (Federated
States of), Midway Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia,
Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea,
Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Réunion, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and
Miquelon, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia
(the Federal Republic of), Syrian Arab Republic, Tokelau, Tonga, Turks and
Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, United States Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Wallis and
Futuna Islands, Western Sahara.