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The SDG of zero hunger 75 years on: Turning full circle on agriculture and nutrition

Byerlee, Derek; Fanzo, Jessica C.

As Editors of the Journal of Global Food Security, we recognize that the year 2018 marked the 75th anniversary of the first international commitment to ending hunger, made at the UN Conference on Food and Agriculture, at Hot Springs, Virginia, USA in 1943. That conference set the goal of ‘freedom from want of food, suitable and adequate for the health and strength of all peoples’ that should be achieved ‘in all lands within the shortest possible time’ (US Department of State, 1943). It is sobering and shameful that 75 years after this clarion call, as well as the dozens of similar global declarations since 1943 for ending hunger, some 800 million persons are estimated to be undernourished and over 2 billion adults and children suffer from other forms of malnutrition be it obesity or micronutrient deficiencies.

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Global Food Security
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.06.002

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International Research Institute for Climate and Society
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February 7, 2024