the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation says that one in every seven people in the world suffering from chronic hunger and malnutrition

Graziano da Silva, head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, said that although there is “increasing convergence on how to boost food security and development”, there is currently significant funds shortage, according to a statement issued by the FAO in Rome.

A dramatic example was the lack of money for FAO initiatives in sub-Saharan Sahel nations and in the Horn of Africa, he added.

“In the Horn of Africa we are losing the window of opportunity to build on our recent achievements — which helped to overcome the famine declared last year in Somalia — increasing the resilience of families facing drought,” the FAO chief warned.

He added that boosting food security entailed combining emergency action with support for family farming and smallholder production, as well as promoting long term development and reducing vulnerability to extreme events, like drought.

With one in every seven people in the world suffering from chronic hunger and malnutrition, “fighting hunger is a challenge too great for FAO or any government to overcome alone,” Graziano da Silva added.

Sources:
The Raw Story
World Hunger
un.org