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Recognition of a Brazilian policy

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014: section on Brazil

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SOFI 2014 states that Brazil reached both the MDG target of halving the proportion of people who are hungry and the more demanding 1996 World Food Summit (WFS) target of halving the absolute number of people who are hungry.[1]

According to the report, guaranteeing three meals a day became a presidential and government priority in 2003, with the launch of the Zero Hunger program, and the undernourishment rate fell from 10.7% to less than 5% between 2000-02 and 2004-06.[2]

The report concludes that Brazil advanced greatly in food and nutrition security governance over the last ten years, with laws and institutions that it calls the legacy of the Zero Hunger program.[3]

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  1. 1. SOFI 2014 states that Brazil reached both the MDG target of halving the proportion of people who are hungry and the more demanding 1996 World Food Summit (WFS) target of halving the absolute number of people who are hungry.

    • The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 · FAO, IFAD, and WFP International organization
      Where: PDF p. 25, section on Brazil, paragraph 1. Accessed October 13, 2026.
      “This edition of The State of Food Insecurity in the World reveals that Brazil achieved both the MDG target of halving the proportion of its people who suffer from hunger and the more stringent WFS target of reducing by half the absolute number of hungry people.”
    • The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 · FAO, IFAD, and WFP International organization
      Where: Foreword, PDF p. 6. Accessed October 14, 2026.
      “Twenty-five of the 63 countries have also accomplished the more ambitious 1996 World Food Summit (WFS) goal of halving the number of chronically underfed people.”

  2. 2. According to the report, guaranteeing three meals a day became a presidential and government priority in 2003, with the launch of the Zero Hunger program, and the undernourishment rate fell from 10.7% to less than 5% between 2000-02 and 2004-06.

    • The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 · FAO, IFAD, and WFP International organization
      Where: PDF p. 25, section on Brazil, paragraph 2. Accessed October 13, 2026.
      “Ensuring that all people could eat three meals a day – as former President Luis Ignácio Lula da Silva said in his inaugural address – became a presidential and government priority in 2003, with the launch of the Zero Hunger programme. Between 2000–02 and 2004–06, the undernourishment rate in Brazil fell by half from 10.7 percent to below 5 percent.”

  3. 3. The report concludes that Brazil advanced greatly in food and nutrition security governance over the last ten years, with laws and institutions that it calls the legacy of the Zero Hunger program.

    • The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 · FAO, IFAD, and WFP International organization
      Where: PDF p. 28, conclusion of the section on Brazil. Accessed October 13, 2026.
      “Brazil has made great strides in food security and nutrition governance over the last ten years, with laws and institutions that are the legacy of the Zero Hunger programme.”