Global Food Crisis. The Organization of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Program World Food Programme (WFP) have published a report warning that the number of hungry people in the world will reach the end of this year of 1.020 million.
According to the FAO in just one year, the number affected increased from 963 to 1.020, representing an increase of 9%, most of them women and children.
The director general of the agency, Jacques Diouf , described the situation as "intolerable" and said that although the world now has the technical and economic capacity to solve this problem that remains is a "political will" to eradication.
"World leaders reacted forcefully to the economic and financial crisis and were able to mobilize billions of dollars in a very short period of time [...] The same vigorous action is necessary to combat hunger and poverty," claimed Diouf .
As for the distribution of hunger, the figures are as follows: In Asia Pacific there are 642 million people suffer from this problem in sub-Saharan Africa 265 million in Latin America and the Caribbean 53 million in the Middle East and North Africa 42 million in developed countries 15 million people.
According to the FAO in just one year, the number affected increased from 963 to 1.020, representing an increase of 9%, most of them women and children.
The director general of the agency, Jacques Diouf , described the situation as "intolerable" and said that although the world now has the technical and economic capacity to solve this problem that remains is a "political will" to eradication.
"World leaders reacted forcefully to the economic and financial crisis and were able to mobilize billions of dollars in a very short period of time [...] The same vigorous action is necessary to combat hunger and poverty," claimed Diouf .
As for the distribution of hunger, the figures are as follows: In Asia Pacific there are 642 million people suffer from this problem in sub-Saharan Africa 265 million in Latin America and the Caribbean 53 million in the Middle East and North Africa 42 million in developed countries 15 million people.
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