Target to cut world hunger in half by 2015 ‘will not be met’

SEVEN years after the target was set, the world is well below the goal of cutting in half the number of hungry people by 2015 and may not even reach that goal by 2030, a new study by a UN food body has found.

The study by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said the world’s population will be better fed by 2030 than it is now, but that hundreds of millions of people in developing nations will be chronically hungry.

“The study says the number of hungry people is expected to decline from around 800 million today to about 440 million in 2030.