WFP: Ending global hunger by 2030 achievable at less than 1% of military budgets

Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year, less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

In its 2026 Global Outlook, WFP indicated that by 2026, a staggering 318 million people would face crisis levels of hunger or worse, more than double the figure recorded in 2019.

The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General had earlier warned…