
Today, with a population of ~7.5 billion there remains over 820 million people who are chronically hungry. Conflict is a topic that I have briefly mentioned in previous posts, often called out as one of the largest contributors to global hunger but never a topic I have dared to tackle in any sort of detail.

With hundreds of millions people worldwide suffering from severe food insecurity, the current level of effort is not anywhere near enough to end malnutrition in the next decade, with a need to focus on increasing efforts in providing access to nutritious food. Poor nutrition in children in particular drives a cyclical relationship between malnutrition and