October 15, 2009

Economic crisis is devastating for the world's hungry- 1.02 billion hungry people in 2009 - FAO hunger report published


An article from FAO Media Center, again, on the issue of the international crisis and its heavy consequences on developing countries. Have a look at the video- a very interesting analysis from David Dowe, presenting the new hunger report.
"The combination of food and economic crises has pushed the number of hungry people worldwide to historic levels — more than one billion people are undernourished, according to FAO estimates.Nearly all the world's undernourished live in developing countries. In Asia and the Pacific, an estimated 642 million people are suffering from chronic hunger; in Sub-Saharan Africa 265 million; in Latin America and the Caribbean 53 million; in the Near East and North Africa 42 million; and in developed countries 15 million, according FAO's annual hunger report, The State of Food Insecurity, produced this year in collaboration with WFP. The report was published before World Food Day, to be celebrated on 16 October 2009."

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