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The chapter reviews a few of the top global reports on food security and provides information and analysis on various dimensions of food security. It allows the reader to gain a better understanding of how multifaceted food insecurity might be, but also how contradictory some of the key messages in international communications might sound when compared against each other. The author observes that the magnitude of food insecurity from a global perspective looks a multifaceted picture of challenges that seem to be decreasing in their magnitude while others seem to be rather increasing. Such multifaceted information—sometimes contradictory—gives at the least a broad indication that the challenges faced by society with regard to one of the most basic human needs are immense independently of figures that go from 735 million individuals not being able to consume minimum caloric requirement to more than four times that number (3.14 billion) of people not being able to afford a healthy diet. Beyond the global picture, the chapter recognizes that any progress or any setback toward achieving the SDGs’ targets is unequally distributed across the globe. Worldwide, a reduction in the number of undernourished people is projected to reach 590 million individuals, a decrease of more around 145 million. Such progress seems to be basically driven by Asia, while no advances are projected for LAC, and Africa will probably experience an increase in the number of undernourished people. After synthesizing his analysis of various reports and data sets, the chapter finds that greater wealth, stronger knowhow, and more efficient tools seem to be not enough to provide all members of human society with sufficient, safe, and nutritious food, keeping us still far from fulfilling the basic human right of all people, that is, living free from hunger, as stated in one of the various international commitments, covenants, and agreements signed and ratified by most of the UN member states. It concludes that more detailed information on the various dimensions of food security is absolutely necessary for the development of food security strategies tapping on all the components of the local, national, and global food systems.

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The Multiple Faces of Food Insecurity and Hunger

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    2025年

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  • Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez

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The chapter reviews a few of the top global reports on food security and provides information and analysis on various dimensions of food security. It allows the reader to gain a better understanding of how multifaceted food insecurity might be, but also how contradictory some of the key messages in international communications might sound when compared against each other. The author observes that the magnitude of food insecurity from a global perspective looks a multifaceted picture of challenges that seem to be decreasing in their magnitude while others seem to be rather increasing. Such multifaceted information—sometimes contradictory—gives at the least a broad indication that the challenges faced by society with regard to one of the most basic human needs are immense independently of figures that go from 735 million individuals not being able to consume minimum caloric requirement to more than four times that number (3.14 billion) of people not being able to afford a healthy diet. Beyond the global picture, the chapter recognizes that any progress or any setback toward achieving the SDGs’ targets is unequally distributed across the globe. Worldwide, a reduction in the number of undernourished people is projected to reach 590 million individuals, a decrease of more around 145 million. Such progress seems to be basically driven by Asia, while no advances are projected for LAC, and Africa will probably experience an increase in the number of undernourished people. After synthesizing his analysis of various reports and data sets, the chapter finds that greater wealth, stronger knowhow, and more efficient tools seem to be not enough to provide all members of human society with sufficient, safe, and nutritious food, keeping us still far from fulfilling the basic human right of all people, that is, living free from hunger, as stated in one of the various international commitments, covenants, and agreements signed and ratified by most of the UN member states. It concludes that more detailed information on the various dimensions of food security is absolutely necessary for the development of food security strategies tapping on all the components of the local, national, and global food systems.