The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 Report issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations “FAO”, the International Fund for Agricultural Development “IFAD”, the United Nations Children’s Fund “UNICEF”, the World Food Program and the World Health Organization stressed that achieving the goal of eliminating hunger in the world is within The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals poses a major global challenge, and eradicating hunger has become difficult due to the Corona pandemic, as an additional 118 million people have suffered from hunger in 2020, bringing the expected average number of people to suffer from hunger to 768 million during the same year. The number of people who did not have enough food increased in 2020 to reach 2.37 billion people, an increase of 320 million people in just one year.

The Association of the Jordanian Women’s Solidarity Institute “Tadamon” notes that the report expressed concern about millions of children under the age of five who suffered from stunting (149.2 million), wasting (45.4 million) or overweight (38.9 million). Malnutrition in children also remains a challenge, while obesity rates in adults continue to rise.

Food insecurity includes mild food insecurity, which is concern about access to food, moderate food insecurity, which is a decline in the quality and diversity of food, reduced quantities and skipped meals, while acute food insecurity is defined as suffering from hunger.

Indicators for Jordan in The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021

The report stated that the number of people in Jordan who suffer from undernourishment (300 thousand from 2004-2006 to one million people from 2018-2020), and the number of stunted children (less than 5 years of age) (100 thousand in 2012 and 100 thousand in 2020), The number of obese children (less than 5 years of age) (100,000 in 2012 and 100,000 in 2020), the number of adults (18 years and over) who suffer from obesity (1.5 million in 2012 and 2 million in 2016), and the number Women of childbearing age (15-49) with anemia (600,000 women in 2012 and 1 million women in 2019).

The Corona pandemic caused for the first time a setback to sustainable development around the world

The report of the Sustainable Development Goals Index 2021 also confirmed that the Corona pandemic caused a setback for sustainable development around the world for the first time, and the average score of the index decreased from 2019 due to the significant increase in poverty and unemployment rates, and its negative impact on the three dimensions of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental). . However, this decline was not reflected in a balanced way in the 2021 report due to the time delay in global statistics.

Solidarity adds that the SDGs index included 19 Arab countries, and Jordan advanced 17 global centers and two Arab centers in 2021 (it was 89th globally and 7 Arabs in 2020 as it was 81st globally and 6 Arabs in 2019). Jordan ranked fifth in the Arab world and 72nd globally, with a score of 70.1 out of 100.

The indicator showed that Jordan suffers from major challenges in achieving the following goals: the fifth (gender equality), the eighth (decent work and economic growth), the tenth (reducing inequalities) and the fifteenth (life on land), while Jordan suffers from serious challenges in achieving the goals the following: the second (total zero hunger), the third (good health and well-being), the fourth (quality education), the sixth (clean water and sanitation), the ninth (industry, innovation and infrastructure), the 11th (sustainable cities and communities), the 14th (life underwater) and the 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) and 17 (Partnerships to Achieve the Goals).

Challenges still exist for Jordan in achieving the following goals: the first (eradication of poverty), the seventh (clean and affordable energy), the 12th (responsible consumption and production) and the 13th (climate action).

According to the Department of Statistics, the poverty rate was 15.7% during 2017

According to the Department of Statistics and in the book “Jordan in Figures 2019”, it confirmed that the poverty rate during 2017 amounted to 15.7% of individuals, while the poverty gap was 3.5%, and the severity of poverty was 1.2%. The poverty gap means the size of the total monetary gap necessary to raise the spending of the poor to the level of the poverty line, that is, they become not poor. As for the severity of poverty, it is a relative measure that gives a picture of the extent of the disparity in the degrees of poverty among the poor themselves. The higher the value of the indicator, the greater the degree of disparity .