Forbes: Fragmented Leadership Is Undermining Progress Towards Zero Hunger

Let’s start with a hard truth: Hunger isn’t a supply problem. If it were, we would’ve solved it long ago.

Look at the numbers: In 2021, the world produced 9.5 billion metric tons of primary crops— a 27% increase since 2010. Actual consumption that year was just 2.5 billion metric tons. That’s a mere 26% of what was grown.

Even when accounting for animal feed, biofuel, and waste, the math doesn’t lie: we’re producing far more food than we actually need. And yet, 733 million people worldwide still go hungry.

The issue isn’t production. It’s power. It’s politics. It’s who gets access— and who doesn’t. It’s about global disparities in the face of conflict, climate shocks, and shrinking budgets that leave some nations with surplus while others struggle to feed their people.

Hunger persists not because we can’t feed the world, but because the systems that govern food— trade, finance, emergency response— are fractured, siloed, and too often driven by short-term gain rather than long-term good.

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