- Drought, natural disasters, armed conflicts, poverty,
malnutrition contribute to hunger in more than 20 countries e.g.,
in Afghanistan, Angola, Sudan, and Tajikstan
- 830 million people suffer, worldwide, from malnutrition
and hunger
- About 33,000 people starve to death everyday
- 800 million, at least, suffer from malnutrition
- 790 million live in developing countries, often,
home of the poor and hungry
- 200 million are children under 5 years of age
- 100 million go hungry due to drought
- In sub-Saharan Africa (180 million),
in Asia (525 million), and in
Latin America (53 million) subsist on 1,800
calories per day or less
- Only in rare cases is hunger due to
actual shortfalls of food
- As a rule it is a direct consequence
of dire poverty
Sources: Novartis, Union of Concerned Scientists, World
Food Programme
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