MANILA — According to the 2015 State of Food Insecurity Report of the United Nations (UN), the Philippines is among the 72 developing countries which have reached the 2015 Millenium Development Goal (MDG) target—that is to reduce the proportion of hungry people by half.
As such, the country was recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN for its outstanding progress in fighting hunger.
The Philippines is also among the 31 countries that have achieved its MDG 1c target, significantly bringing down the proportion of hungry Filipinos.
Also based on FAO data, the country was able to reduce the ratio of malnourished Pinoy from 26.3% (1990-1992) to 11.5% in 2012-14.
The entire subegion of Southeast Asia showed a steady decline of undernourished people. According to the report, the subegion was able to decrease to 60.5 million (2014-2016) or about 56% the number of hungry people from a whopping 137.5 million hungry in 1990-1992.
The distribution of hunger has also changed as the number of undernourished SouthEast Asians have also diminished by 6%, removing some 77 million people from the global statistics.
International food organizations such as the FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) recognize that hunger remains an everyday challenge for almost 795 million people worldwide. (pcoo)
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