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Sustainable food and nutrition security

Achieving sustainable food and nutrition security is the only viable and long-term solution for ending hunger and improving levels of nutrition. Although food and nutrition problems are complex and not the responsibility of agriculture alone, the sector plays a fundamental role in their solution. Nutrition-friendly, sustainable agricultural development is key to improving food and nutrition security.

 

Number of undernourished people in the world, 1969-1971 to 2010


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Undernourishment in 2010, by region (millions of people)


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