Ghana and ten other African countries have met the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targeted at reducing hunger by half between 1990 and 2015.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said these countries are evidently moving in the right direction.

According to the Food and Agricultre Organization , Ghana as well as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Djibouti, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Togo have already met the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on hunger which is aimed at reducing by half the proportion of hungry people by 2015.

An initial 2025 target was abandoned at a high-level meeting on food security in Africa organized by the AU, Brazil's Lula Institute - headed by former Brazilian President  and FAO in Addis Ababa in July last year.

Head of the United Nations FAO welcomed an advance commitment by African leaders to end hunger on the continent and pledged the UN's support.