Episode Description
In today's episode, I’m once again joined by Maximo Torero, Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, on the day the 2026 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, or SOFI, is released. Each year, SOFI gives the clearest picture of where the world stands on hunger and nutrition.
You'll hear why global hunger has fallen for a third year running even as official development assistance was cut by more than 25%, why Africa now has more hungry people than Asia, and why 2.7 billion people still can't afford a healthy diet — one that now costs more than the extreme poverty line itself.
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