News from the CFGB

One Billion Hungry – In June the FAO released its new estimates on levels of hunger, estimating a historic high in 2009 of one billion people going hungry every day. The FAO notes that the most recent increase in hunger is not the consequence of poor global harvests but is caused by the world economic crisis that has resulted in lower incomes and increased unemployment. This has reduced access to food by the poor. A dangerous mix of the global economic slowdown combined with stubbornly high food prices in many countries has pushed some 100 million more people than last year into hunger and poverty.