Another 40 million people have been pushed into hunger last year primarily due to higher food prices, according to preliminary estimates published by FAO . This brings the overall number of undernourished people in the world to 963 million, compared to 923 million in 2007 and the ongoing financial and economic crisis could tip even more people into hunger and poverty, FAO warned. The number is around 14% of the world pupulation ( The estimated World Population is 6751 Million).
For millions of people in developing countries, eating the minimum amount of food every day to live an active and healthy life is a distant dream. The structural problems of hunger, like the lack of access to land, credit and employment, combined with high food prices remain a dire reality.The vast majority of the world's undernourished people - 907 million - live in developing countries, according to the 2007 data reported by the State of Food Insecurity in the World. Of these, 65 percent live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia.
With a very large population and relatively slow progress in hunger reduction, nearly two-thirds of the world's hungry live in Asia (583 million in 2007). In sub-Saharan Africa, one in three people - or 236 million (2007) - are chronically hungry, the highest proportion of undernourished people in the total population, according to the report. Most of the increase in the number of hungry occurred in a single country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, as a result of widespread and persistent conflict, from 11 million to 43 million (in 2003-05) and the proportion of undernourished rose from 29 to 76 percent.
Monday, January 19, 2009
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Hi Sajeesh,
ReplyDeleteI remember the day we stage the drama. We couldn’t complete performing as the unexpected rainfall at the interval time. It was the fulfillment of our long eventful rehearsal campaign that spoiled in the ruthless weather. However I always remember the exciting and humorous things happened during our rehearsal of drama that remarks our vibrant young days.
Hi Pradeep,
ReplyDeleteThe drama I mentioned is the different one of you mentioned. In that drama, I was not acting, but just helping as prompter. Our drama completed even if it was not so professional type. But the other one was more professional type but couldnt complete. You might have remember what happened the next day. Yes those days were very nice and active.
Sajeesh,
ReplyDeleteYes now I remember the previous one in which you acted and we could complete.
I’m getting old that started affect my memory…!
A study says that this earth can provide enough food for more than 50times of its population.The statistics given by sajeesh are very disturbing when compared to our earths potential.when pple spend much on buying weapons they will not get enough food, when pple spend much corn for bio fuels as America does to produce ethanol pple will be hungry, when system is too materilistic pple will face hunger,Until r unless pple stop accepting any religion or any ideology blindly and conveniently hunger will never stop.
ReplyDeleteThe hungry statistics is not the statititcs of food availability. It doesnt mean that food availability is not sufficient. Doctor Fahrudheen may be right in the case of food availability. But its proper distribution is not happening. It is a business mind of developed country, which made a decision to use food for biofuel production by not considering there are lot of people around world not getting enough food. When internations organisations releases these statistics, they simply forget the real causes of these humanitarian problems. Yes you are right - How much money the world spend for weapons? I dont know really how this basic human issues will be handled in its worst condition. Now everybody behind terrorist - yes offcourse for political and economical gain. And they just forget or pretend to not serious about these basic issues around the world
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