Journal Seventeen Nr. 9

The fight against hunger worldwide is a central objective of development to improve the quality of life. Ensuring access to adequate food is a complex issue that can and should be addressed from the perspective of International Relations. 

Hunger and food insecurity are scourges that arise in several countries; Costa Rica is no exception. To counteract this evil and others of humanity, the United Nations Organization launched the 2030 Agenda in 2015, with 17 sustainable development goals, one of which is number 2, which seeks to eliminate hunger. Costa Rica has made progress on the goals of this, although there is still much to do, since the Covid-19 pandemic meant a slowdown in the achievement of these goals. 

One of the most pernicious causes of the backsliding on global hunger is the human infliction of deprivation, whether in the form of belligerents’ decisions about how to wage war or governments’ decisions about howto exercise control over populations. Some of these decisions are criminal, but accountability is rare.

According to Action Against Hunger, food insecurity in Nigeria registers a figure of 1.74 million children who suffered from malnutrition in the northern region of the country during 2022, while, by February 2023, just over 1.8 million of the inhabitants of Borno state have been internally displaced due to the activity of armed groups and bandits (OIM, 2023), and also, the several droughts, floods and land degradation due to climate change.