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FAO Praises Dominican Exit From Hunger Map

Qu Dongyu praised Dominican progress against hunger, with undernourishment below 2.5% in 2023-2025 and the country leaving the FAO Hunger Map, at an event led…

--- The context --- The Dominican Republic arrived at the World Food Day ceremony with a result that changes its standing on hunger. Undernourishment fell to less than 2.5% in the 2023-2025 period and the country officially left the FAO Hunger Map, according to what was reported during the event led by President Luis Abinader. --- The facts --- FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu on Tuesday highlighted the country's progress in the fight against hunger and praised the Government's commitment and the joint work of the public and private sectors to improve access to food. At the same event, President Abinader decorated Dongyu with the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella, through Decree 753-26, and Rodrigo Castañeda received the Heraldic Order of Christopher Columbus, in the rank of Grand Officer, through Decree 731-26. --- The positions --- José Ignacio Paliza, Minister of the Presidency and president of CONASSAN, argued in reported speech that the fight against hunger must stand above political differences because it is linked to dignity and living conditions, and framed leaving the map as a starting point to guarantee adequate food. Dongyu described the result as extraordinary, recognized Abinader's leadership and credited joint work by governments, producers, civil society and partners. Máximo Torero, FAO chief economist, linked the reduction to economic growth, less poverty, jobs, social programs and school feeding. In that same setting, Dongyu called for stronger cooperation among countries, investment in innovation and use of scientific advances to improve agricultural production and guarantee access to food, a line that connects the recognition with the work that still lies ahead. --- What remains unknown --- The source does not detail quantified future targets to sustain the reduction and does not provide the undernourishment figure for the previous period that would allow the size of the decline to be measured precisely. It also does not specify how the effort will be divided among agricultural production, social programs and school feeding in the stage that opens after leaving the FAO Hunger Map. --- Unanswered questions --- What quantified targets will the country set to keep undernourishment below the level reached in 2023-2025? What was the undernourishment figure for the previous period and by how much exactly did it fall? How will agricultural productivity be raised without losing the progress achieved in access to food? --- EPM analysis --- The value of the recognition is that it connects the figure with people: less undernourishment means families who no longer experience hunger, along the lines set out during the ceremony. The Dominican experience was presented as an example for other nations when there is political will, continuity in public policies and collaboration among institutions, and the call for cooperation, innovation and science aims to sustain the result over time. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, leaving the Hunger Map is progress that should be read from the dignity of families and from real access to food, not only from the official ceremony. The figure of less than 2.5% in 2023-2025 supports the FAO recognition, but its strength will depend on the country sustaining social programs, school feeding and production, and on turning this starting point into a lasting improvement that reaches everyone across the Dominican Republic.
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