CNN: We must end the obscenity of hunger – Around the world, 170 million children under the age of five are stunted, meaning their bodies and brains cannot, and will not develop to full capacity, making that child four times more likely to die from preventable disease. Now more than ever, our help is needed. (Mia Farrow)
UN: At meeting on food security, UN says goal for reducing world’s hungry by half still reachable – The deadline for the UN’s Millennium Development Goals is looming, but hope is still afoot. Important progress, such as cutting the number of hungry people in the world by 132 million in the past two decades, is proof that our goals are reachable. But beyond the 2015 deadline, the UN is quick to remind that the only acceptable number when it comes to eradicating hunger, is “zero.”
Deseret: How food security impacts women in the developing world – “Hunger isn’t about too many people and too little food. Hunger Is about inequality. And women and girls face the greatest inequalities of all,” says Sarah Kalloch. Even while the majority of the world’s food is grown by women, vast inequalities in resources and power still lead to their widespread hunger and poverty. (Mercedes White)
The Nation: Boost farming cooperatives to ease hunger, nations urged – As the economy in developing countries rapidly expand, small-scale farmers are growing increasingly vulnerable to competition. By advising small farm holders to form and join cooperative systems, they will have a stronger negotiating power, access to credit and opportunities for skills training to better meet the market demand. (Petchanet Pratruangkrai)
