The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will expire in 2015 and be replaced with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are intended to strengthen the international community’s engagement with eradicating poverty and hunger. Yet, the World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that there are still 842 million people who are under-nourished, representing one in eight globally.
“In a world that produces enough food to feed everyone, there is no excuse for anyone to go hungry.” David Taylor, Economic Justice Policy Advisor for Oxfam International, told IPS.
Olivier de Schutter, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, have argued that the 18 targets of the MDGs had been decided on the basis of the most easily compiled data available, neglecting the deeper causes of poverty and hunger.
“In a world that produces enough food to feed everyone, there is no excuse for anyone to go hungry.” David Taylor, Economic Justice Policy Advisor for Oxfam International, told IPS.
Olivier de Schutter, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, have argued that the 18 targets of the MDGs had been decided on the basis of the most easily compiled data available, neglecting the deeper causes of poverty and hunger.
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