Sunday, 9th October 2011

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2010: Addressing Food Insecurity in Protracted Crises

Source: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

From the publication web page:

The number of undernourished people in the world remains unacceptably high at close to one billion in 2010 despite an expected decline – the first in 15 years. This decline is largely attributable to a more favourable economic environment in 2010 – particularly in developing countries – and the fall in both international and domestic food prices since 2008.

FAO estimates that a total of 925 million people are undernourished in 2010 compared with 1.023 billion in 2009. Most of the decrease was in Asia, with 80 million fewer hungry, but progress was also made in sub-Saharan Africa, where 12 million fewer people are going hungry. However, the number of hungry people is higher in 2010 than before the food and economic crises of 2008–09.

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Category:

• Africa (DocuTicker)
• Asia (DocuTicker)
• Business and economics (DocuTicker)
• Food and agriculture (DocuTicker)
• Gender and sexuality (DocuTicker)
• Government and politics (DocuTicker)
• International (DocuTicker)
• Natural Disasters (DocuTicker)
• Poverty (DocuTicker)
• Weather and climate (DocuTicker)

Source:

• United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

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By Peggy Garvin

Peggy Garvin, of Garvin Information Consulting, is the author of United States Government Internet Directory (Bernan Press) and Real World Research Skills, 2009 (TheCapitol.Net). In her 20 years in the information business, Peggy has managed electronic information products and services in a variety of environments, including commercial publishing, e-commerce, law firms, and the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. Peggy's work has been recognized with the 2011 SLA Dow Jones Leadership Award. She has a Masters of Library Science degree from Syracuse University School of Information Studies.

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