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The International Alliance is working directly toward the fulfillment of Millennium Development Goal number 1, the reduction of poverty and hunger, and MDG 8, the establishment of partnerships. But through its work in assuring that all people in the world have enough to eat, the Alliance will certainly have affect on the achievement of the goals that focus on health, education, gender and sustainable use of natural resources.

Commissioned by the UN Secretary General and supported by the UN Development Group, the Hunger Task Force Report sets out priorities for addressing the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing hunger by half by 2015. The Task Force on Hunger of the Millennium Development Project is composed of about 30 experts acting in their personal capacities but also drawing from the research and expertise of many institutions engaged in hunger-related issues. The report will serve as a milestone for the preparation of MDGs implementation review scheduled to begin in September.

The International Alliance Against Hunger highlighted the efforts of the Hunger Task Force to strengthen public awareness and political action in the fight against hunger and applauded the Task Force’s recognition of the importance of partnerships and multi-stakeholder initiatives in the international development arena.

The four Rome-based UN food agencies as well as several NGOs Alliance partners participated in the launch of the report on 18 January in Rome. Their participation was meant to call attention to the need to build public awareness and strengthen public advocacy in the fight against hunger in both developed and developing countries.

This map is compiled from the data of the Rome-based agencies to show where hunger exists in the world and also the locations of the National Alliances. Detailed information on the individual National Alliances can be accessed by clicking on the map.

The hunger context provides an at-a-glance look at the current situation in order to give perspective on the enormous and urgent task facing the International Alliance and its partners, but also of the amount of work that is underway around the globe.

Estimates say that right now there are 852 million hungry people on our planet. But, who can conceive of a number that enormous? We can say it is one out of six people on earth. We can remind you that the population of the earth is expected to increase by 50 percent in the next 30 years and that the great majority of the increase will be in areas with the least likelihood of being able to provide food. This map will show you where the hunger is and give you access to the hunger-fighting activities in those areas. It shows where our National Alliances are moving forward to alleviate hunger in their nations and to contribute to improving the global situation. It also shows where National Alliances are being formed.