Maldives included in list of 38 countries that reduced hunger

The Maldives has been included in the list of 38 countries that reduced hunger by half, well ahead of international targets for the year 2015.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations announced this list today at the ongoing FAO Conference in Rome. The Maldives is represented at the conference by Fisheries Minister Ahmed Shafeeu.

"To each and every one of you, I want to say that you are living proof that when societies decide to put an end to hunger, and when there is political commitment from governments, we can transform that will into concrete action and results," said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva.

FAO said that in addition, 8 countries were identified as being on track to meeting the Millennium Development Goal 1 hunger target, which are the Bahamas, Chad, China, Ethiopia, Gabon, Rwanda, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.