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It will eventually be a world of cities. The planet is expected to have 5.3 billion urban residents by 2050, according to forecasts by the UN. That’s 2 billion more than what the planet has today. In developing countries, 5 million new people migrate to cities every month, swelling urban populations. Many are fleeing the poverty of the countryside, [...]

The United Nations has poured most of its efforts to stem hunger in rural areas in Africa. Most of its food programs and funds have largely been concentrated in solving hunger in the countrysides of poor nations, especially Africa. An imbalance has been more than imminent because poor countries are impoverished as a whole, whether in their rural or [...]