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Progress to eradicate global hunger is stalling
Conflict, climate change and covid-19 are reversing decades of progress
EIGHT YEARS ago things were looking up in the battle against hunger. The number of people going without food had declined by more than 100m in the past decade, and efforts to reduce malnourishment were paying off. “This is proof that we can win the fight against hunger”, wrote the heads of the UN’s food agencies.
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