Food Crisis Pushes 122 Million into Hunger
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New sobering numbers on the impact of soaring food prices: the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the rising cost of food has increased the number of hungry people in the world by 122 million in 2007 and now threatens to swell the malnourished population for a decade. The number of new hungry people — the biggest increase since the department started producing the report 16 years ago — is roughly the population of Japan.
Wall Street Journal: Rising Food Costs Further Pressure World Hunger
-Steve Wilson
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July 9, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Chris Dunford (from “Freedom from Hunger” fame) has some thoughts on the current hunger crisis. This is an excerpt from his blog post:
“The challenge to Freedom from Hunger and our colleague organizations has been to extend these effective programs to 800 million people. Recent events threaten to increase the challenge to 900 million.” (http://www.freedomfromhunger.org/blog/notes/uncommon-sense-understanding-todays-global-hunger-crisis)
It’d be interesting to note just how many non-profit organizations are out there, and the different actions they’re taking to alleviate the hunger problems. Freedom from Hunger seems to focus on microfinance and hunger…
July 9, 2008 at 4:42 pm
And it also seems to be the preferred method nowadays. Then again, I only have a rudimentary knowledge of the non-profit scene today.
(Thanks for the post, but I wish I still had that online subscription to the WSJ.)
July 9, 2008 at 10:02 pm
It is the great paradox of this generation that while developednations struggle with obecity millions starve around the world. Many developing countries are doing what they can to deal with the impending crisis however.
http://www.helium.com/items/1058976-feeding-the-poor-today-everyone-planet-tomorrow-issues-avert-global-food
The article focues on efforts in Asia but similar projects are occuring all over the world.