ROME: The Chairman of the Group of 77 and China warned that the world has failed to tackle hunger according to the UN agenda 2030 due to mounting crises. Yousef Juhail, Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme, said that findings from the report on food security for the year 2022 reveals a lack of food security and malnutrition at the global level, with an increase of 150 million people starving from hunger, in addition to reports that around 670 million people would continue to suffer from hunger by the year 2030.

He was speaking on behalf of the group at the 50th international meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), held at the FAO headquarters in Rome. The world remains far away from achieving the goal of eradicating hunger, he added. Conflicts, crises, climatic change and financial turbulence have been undermining governments' capabilities to attain sustainable development, Juhail said, urging states to work collectively to address these issues.

"In brief, we need to produce more and better food with access mechanisms," Juhail said, underlining that sustainable agriculture contributes to food security, economic development and maintenance in biological diversity." Juhail also stressed on the need for developing agriculture to secure sustainable food resources for the human race, adding that sustainable development cannot be attained without feasible agricultural options. - KUNA