Four years since the international community agreed to implement the 17 Sustainable Development Goals - whose objectives include tackling food insecurity and poor nutrition - FAO says that a lack of progress “is the norm”. Key findings from the study that covers some 230 countries include data that more than 820 million people are going hungry around the world. That number has been rising for three years in a row “and is back to levels seen in 2010-2011”, FAO says. All continents face water stress, forest clearance ongoingAmong the report’s other findings are that water stress affects countries in every continent. Nonetheless, the majority of countries that have registered high water stress since 2000, are mainly in Northern Africa, Western Asia and Central and Southern Asia.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 18, 2019 19:07 UTC