Jose Graziano da Silva, Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General.Chronic undernourishment is a technical euphemism for being chronically hungry.
" We are not on track, " said Kundhavi Kadiresan of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. " Progress in reducing undernourishment has slowed a lot in the past few years."
Despite decades of effort to eliminate hunger, the latest estimate is that about 11% of people on the planet (about 820 million people) are suffering daily undernourishment.
The Index's parameters assessed undernourishment, child stunting, wasting and mortality, climate devastations, inflation and insecurity are the major drivers of food insecurity in Nigeria.
This isn't the familiar pang of an empty stomach after skipping breakfast, rather it's undernourishment stemming from insufficient intake of vital vitamins and minerals, a condition with far-reaching consequences like malnutrition.