Posted on January 28, 2009 by Jason Ziebell
In a report published this month by Oxfam entitled, “A Billion Hungry People,” the humanitarian organization says global hunger increased by 109 million people in 2008 due in large part to rising fuel and food prices, bringing the world’s hunger count to almost a billion people, roughly one sixth of the world’s population.
Based on this [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2008 by James A. Bowey
The heads of four United Nations agencies meeting at a session of the U.N. Social and Economic Council in New York Friday said current global economic factors have hurt international development programs and called for urgent action. The agency heads agreed that rising food and energy prices, global climate change and slow investment to improve [...]
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Posted on July 10, 2008 by James A. Bowey
The number of people who are having trouble acquiring enough food to feed their household is rising and it’s projected to get worse. In a new report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reversed its hunger outlook and says there will be a rise — instead of a decline — in world hunger over [...]
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