The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) indicates in its recently published annual report, ”The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022,” that there has been a significant reduction in the levels of undernourishment (hunger) in the Dominican Republic in 2021. Despite the pandemic, the country reports an undernourishment prevalence of 6.7% for 2021, while in the previous period (2018-2020) that figure was 8.3%.
The report indicates that there has been a 1.6% decline in the prevalence of undernourishment in the country. The FAO says this is a significant achievement for the Dominican Republic in the face of the current global food crisis situation. The decline is attributed to the the impact of public policies focused on the most vulnerable groups in strategic sectors.
The report explains that the part of the population that cannot access enough food to...
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