Topic: 2026 – Combating Malnutrition
Country: Brazil
Delegate Name: Ethan Ortman
The issue of malnutrition is something that the country of Brazil has been taking great care into, with great effect. While we have once struggled with malnutrition and hunger, with 3.9% of our population struggling with malnutrition in 2022, as of 2025 we have been taken off the FAO hunger map (van Hal) and are currently trying to help other nations in our continent and around the world. We want to ensure more links with countries to also help us with any more hanging threads of hunger and malnutrition for the future generation to combat these issues.
We know that our still wonderful country isn’t the most adept in funds, despite being in the Upper-Middle class of nations (World Bank Group). It is crucial that we get the help of other countries, or at the very least our neighboring nations, for funding in a resolution that stops this hunger crisis once and for all.
Brazil has already made big leaps in stopping malnutrition and hunger in our youth. This includes making school lunches more accessible, making more local purchases from farmers and grocers, equalizing nutrition in all meals, reducing food loss and waste, and to secure all of our foods from any violent climates. Due to all of these policies we have made, we have successfully been taken off the FAO’s world hunger map, and we have lifted almost 40 million civilians out of food insecurity, with only 8.2% stating they have faced hunger as of 2024 (van Hal). National coordination is essential to make sure none of these stipulations falter in the long run.
Our overall stance on this issue is that it is a critical issue that we have dedicated plenty of our resources into to make sure the children of our country live long and healthy lives, and we wish that our policies are included in future resolutions to solve this problem for as long as it lasts.
Works Cited (Topic A)
Albuquerque, Maria Paula de, et al. “Child undernutrition in Brazil: the wound that never healed.” ScienceDirect, Jornal de Pediatria, 8 11 2023, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755723001353. Accessed 4 2 2026.
“The Alimenta Cidades (Feeding Cities) Strategy in Brazil: catalysing policy alignment from the municipal level.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agrifood Systems, 2025, https://www.fao.org/food-systems/news/news-detail/the-alimenta-cidades-(feeding-cities)-strategy-in-brazil–catalysing-policy-alignment-from-the-municipal-level/en. Accessed 4 2 2026.
van Hal, Jolanda. “Nutrition security gains: UN confirms Brazil is off the FAO Hunger Map.” Nutrition Insight, 28 July 2025, https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/un-fao-hunger-map-brazil-malnutrition-food-security.html. Accessed 4 February 2026.
