Ending World Hunger by 2030 Unrealistic – FAO

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2026-09-19

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - The UN General Assembly's goal of ending global hunger by 2030 will not be achieved, Oleg Kobyakov, head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) liaison office with Russia, told RIA Novosti. "If we recall that humanity, by a UN General Assembly decision, set the task of ridding the world of hunger as a phenomenon by 2030, it is obvious that this task is now unfeasible. At least, at the pace we are cu......

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