2014 Launch of the Global Hunger Index

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is designed to measure and track hunger globally and by region and country. Calculated each year over the past nine years, it highlights successes and failures in hunger reduction, provides insights into the drivers of hunger, and makes policy recommendations on how to improve food and nutrition security.

Speakers

·Wolfgang Jamann

Secretary General and Chairperson of Welthungerhilfe, President of Alliance2015

·Richard Mwape

District program coordinator, Concern worldwide Zambia

·Debjeet Sarangi

Director Living Farms, Welthungerhilfe India

·Jean-Pierre Halkin

Head of Unit Rural Development, Food Security, Nutrition, DG DevCo

The 2014 GHI shows that progress has been made in reducing the proportion of hungry people in the world, however levels of hunger remain ‘alarming’ or ‘extremely alarming’ in many countries across the globe still.

This year the GHI focuses particularly on hidden hunger, where the lack of vitamins and minerals causes serious, long term and irreversible health effects.