Causes and Strategies on World Hunger

Article no: EN20080429-Article-3.2-2008

Causes and Strategies on World Hunger

World hunger is not new. Before the current price increase, 850 million people ? 13% of the world?s population ? were chronically hungry. The number of under-fed people has steadily climbed over the past decade. Now, the World Food Programme estimates that the crisis has driven another 100 million people into hunger, including even urban middle class people in Indonesia and Mexico. Katarina Wahlberg discusses strategic approaches against starvation.