According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), one billion people worldwide now suffer from hunger. The recent global economic crisis and high food prices have exacerbated the problem of malnutrition. BBC News
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The director general of the FAO said the level of hunger, one-sixth of the world’s population, posed a “serious risk to world peace and security. The UN said almost all of the world’s undernourished live in developing countries, with the most, some 642 million people, living in Asia-Pacific region. In sub-Saharan Africa, the next worst-hit region, the figure stands at 265 million.
