Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- Chief Adviser and Nobel Peace Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday told world leaders that hunger persists not because of lack of food but because of a "failed economic system powered by profit and inequality."
Speaking at the grand opening of the World Food Forum 2025 at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Yunus urged the global community to embrace systemic reform and presented a six-point proposal to break what he described as the "hunger-conflict cycle."
Addressing an audience of heads of state, ministers, diplomats and youth leaders, Yunus said the world must move from talk to action if it is serious about eliminating hunger and building fair food systems. "Hunger is not caused by scarcity.
It is caused by the failure ...