One in eight people under-nourished

"The latest UN Report on Food Insecurity reveals a shocking statistic: one in eight people are under-nourished, one hundred million children aged under five are under weight, two and a half million children starve to death every single year. That is around thirty million children since the turn of the century. report also reveals some shocking statistics and facts. Firstly, "the world has the knowledge and the means to eliminate all forms of food insecurity and malnutrition". So if we have the wherewithal, why does the problem exist?"

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