Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
The initiative aims to reduce global hunger, which affected 733 million people last year.
Eighty-one countries, including the European Union and the African Union, have signed on to the alliance.
Notably, Argentina, led by right-wing President Javier Milei, did not join the initiative.
The alliance aims to address hunger through various measures, including improved nutrition for early childhood, free school canteens, and support for small farms.
The Inter-American Development Bank has committed $25 billion to the initiative over the next five years.
Lula, who has a personal connection to poverty, believes that eradicating hunger is achievable with political will.
He aims to replicate successful national programs in other countries to achieve this goal.