Nigeria, others attain hunger eradication target 2 hours ago Nigeria and 37 other countries are said to have met the hunger eradication targets set for 2015, the United Nations Food Agency said. These countries are said to have halved the percentage of hungry people within them. According to a report on the UN News Centre obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday, the countries that met the anti-hunger aspect of the first Millennium Development Goals include with Nigeria are Algeria; Angola; Bangladesh; Benin; Brazil; Cambodia; Cameroon; Chile; Dominican Republic; Fiji; Honduras; Indonesia; Jordan; Malawi; Maldives; Niger; Panama; Togo and Uruguay. The report added that 18 countries reached the more stringent World Food Summit Goal of reducing by half the absolute number of undernourished people between 1990-1992 and 2010-2012. The countries, according to the report are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Djibouti, Georgia, Ghana, Guyana, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Venezuela and Vietnam. UN Food and Agricultural Organisation FAO had on June 16, said it will honour the 38 countries that reached the anti-hunger targets in a high-level ceremony at its headquarters in Rome. The Director-General, UN FAO, Mr. José Graziano da Silva was quoted as saying that the 38 countries are leading the way to a better future. “They are proof that with strong political will, coordination and cooperation, it is possible to achieve rapid and lasting reductions in hunger,” he said. Silva urged all countries to keep up the momentum to ensure complete eradication of hunger, in keeping with the UN’s Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon’s zero hunger challenge or target. He noted that though hunger had declined globally, 870million people were suffering hunger while millions also suffer effects of malnutrition such as the consequences of vitamin and mineral deficiencies, including child stunting. “Globally, hunger has declined over the past decade, but 870 million people are still undernourished, and millions of others suffer the consequences of vitamin and mineral deficiencies, including child stunting. “We need to keep up our efforts, until everyone can live healthy, productive lives,” Silva said. Despite the hunger reduction accomplishment report, the State of Food and Agriculture observed that two billion people still suffer from one or more micronutrient deficiencies, while 1.4 billion are overweight, of whom 500 million are obese.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 04:06:57 +0000
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