One in eight people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger, says FAO

Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 09:39 UTC

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One in eight people worldwide still suffers from chronic hunger, the UN's food agency said on Tuesday, describing the figure as “unacceptable” and warning that the fight against hunger was slowing down. Read full article

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pecurto
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Oct 10th, 2012 - 01:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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PGH
“One in eight people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger”
and of those, 5 in 10 live in a former British colony ;)
Oct 10th, 2012 - 07:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Ayayay
The hungriest nations are the command economies (price control):

•North Korea:
Mental retardation caused by severe malnutrition causes the NK army to reject 1 out of 4 recruits.
Even with massive U.S. food aid.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503613.html

•Venezuela:
“I have never seen such shortages in all my life,”
Hernandez [ abuela] says. “Who would have ever thought
that Venezuelans would have no milk, no corn
meal, no coffee?”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503613.html

•Zimbabwe
Once South Africa's breadbasket!! JUST A DECADE AGO!, until the 'fast-track' expropriation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503613.html

•Argentina began a command economy as of last week.
Oct 10th, 2012 - 08:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ProRG_American
Time for “Rich” countries like the UK to quaddruple their food donations. You either talk the talk or walk the walk.
Oct 10th, 2012 - 10:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Ayayay
@ProRG I am trying to get an estimate on how much food Argentina/ UNASUR donates? Any leads? :) Thx
Oct 10th, 2012 - 10:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Ken Ridge
@4 We do our bit, you Argies can't even feed your own

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-04-28/world/impact.argentina.garden.kids_1_argentina-area-in-buenos-aires-semillas?_s=PM:WORLD
Oct 11th, 2012 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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PGH
@3 Ayayay

Inform yourself: http://www.blog.benjieboo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hunger-map.jpg
Oct 12th, 2012 - 02:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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