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Global Recession: Main Threat in World Hunger
The United Nations agencies of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP), along with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), published on Friday 19 June, the most recent estimates regarding hunger worldwide. While the statistics are alarming, the findings are really not surprising.
These agencies declare [...]
Filed in: Critic, Society & Culture
The Steep Slide into Poverty: A New Category Resulting from the Recession
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has developed an index of economic shock and food entitled ‘Economic Shock and Hunger Index.’ Based on a study of the five countries of Armenia, Bangladesh, Ghana, Zambia, and Nicaragua, the responses of households reveal a rather similar pattern: reduction in the number of meals, option for cheaper but [...]
Filed in: News + Politics
