ABSTRACT
Over the past 20 years, the proportion of the world’s people who are hungry
has declined from one-fifth to one-sixth, and the absolute number of hungry
people has fallen slightly. But 852 million people are still chronically or acutely
malnourished. Most of them are in Asia, particularly India (221 million) and
China (142 million). Sub-Saharan Africa has 204 million hungry and is the
only region of the world where the prevalence of both general undernourish-
ment and children’s underweight status are increasing. If current trends con-
tinue, this region will not only fail to achieve the hunger Goal, but it is likely
to suffer from increasing numbers of hungry people. That is why this report
emphasizes the needs of Sub-Saharan Africa while addressing global hunger.
