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).
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).
Why is an annual figure being directly compared to an “over the past decade” figure?
You missed the “by 2030” part, indicating that what’s being compared to the decade of military spending is the overall, not yearly, cost.
Food continues to be a need more than 4 years from now. That’s not an “end”.
Did you read anything but the title? The investment mentioned would guarantee thay nobodu starves from 2030 onwards. Food for everyone would become the new normal. We already produce more food than humanity needs, we just waste a huge amount of it. Moving production around and creating new transporrt routes are not ongoing costs.
So you’re essentially admitting to the headline being misleading. We can agree on that.
It’s also not the reason world hunger still exists.