Reuters wrote a story about the 2016 Global Hunger Index that quoted IFPRI Director General Shenggen Fan. “Countries must accelerate the pace at which they are reducing hunger” if they are to meet the 2030 target. Ending global hunger is certainly possible, but it’s up to all of us … (to) set the priorities right to ensure that governments, the private sector and civil society devote the time and resources necessary.”
The 2016 GHI found that though hunger levels in developing countries have fallen almost 30 percent since 2000, more than 45 countries including India, Pakistan, Haiti, Yemen, and Afghanistan will still have “moderate” to “alarming” hunger scores by the United Nations deadline to end hunger by 2030.
The story was picked up by Daily Mail, Yahoo!, MSN, Philadelphia Inquirer and more than 150 other outlets.