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October 16 was held on World Food Day was proclaimed in 1979 by the Conference of the United Nations Organization for Agriculture and Food (FAO). The commemoration of this day seeks to raise awareness about world food problem and strengthen solidarity in the fight against hunger, malnutrition and poverty.
Last June, the FAO warned that the number of people who suffer famine this year would be the highest in the history of mankind. The figure would skirt the 1.02 billion people in the world, being the main cause of this situation, the increase in food prices due to the economic crisis mundial.Desde then the situation has not changed. Indeed, last week the United Nations Organization (UNO) reiterated that the famine had significantly increased in the last two years, and the number of undernourished people reach 3000 million, nearly half the world population estimated at 6500 million.
Director World Food Programme (WFP), Josette Sheeran, was tasked to present the data again and warned that nearly half the world's population wakes up and does not even have a cup of food. He stressed that this situation is "critical to peace, security and stability in many parts of the world."
According to FAO, in Latin America people suffering from hunger rose from 45 million to 53 million in recent years, with Colombia the country the problem has become more serious since there is growing hunger rather than Subahariana Africa, where in the world with the highest rates of malnutrition and starvation. 12 out of 100 Colombian children suffer from chronic malnutrition and 22 million people suffer from hunger to some degree.
The situation is alarming and must be aware of the danger posed to be increasing, especially in our region, an area of \u200b\u200brich farmland. The problem is that most of the land is controlled by a tiny portion of its inhabitants. In fact, in Colombia 1% of the population controls 50% of farmland. These figures are
call upon the international community to be alert because of continuing increase could affect us all equally. Do not let the problem grow further and we contribute with whatever is in our power to overcome, starting with not wasting food or be exuberant when food shopping. TAKEN
Last June, the FAO warned that the number of people who suffer famine this year would be the highest in the history of mankind. The figure would skirt the 1.02 billion people in the world, being the main cause of this situation, the increase in food prices due to the economic crisis mundial.Desde then the situation has not changed. Indeed, last week the United Nations Organization (UNO) reiterated that the famine had significantly increased in the last two years, and the number of undernourished people reach 3000 million, nearly half the world population estimated at 6500 million.
Director World Food Programme (WFP), Josette Sheeran, was tasked to present the data again and warned that nearly half the world's population wakes up and does not even have a cup of food. He stressed that this situation is "critical to peace, security and stability in many parts of the world."
According to FAO, in Latin America people suffering from hunger rose from 45 million to 53 million in recent years, with Colombia the country the problem has become more serious since there is growing hunger rather than Subahariana Africa, where in the world with the highest rates of malnutrition and starvation. 12 out of 100 Colombian children suffer from chronic malnutrition and 22 million people suffer from hunger to some degree.
The situation is alarming and must be aware of the danger posed to be increasing, especially in our region, an area of \u200b\u200brich farmland. The problem is that most of the land is controlled by a tiny portion of its inhabitants. In fact, in Colombia 1% of the population controls 50% of farmland. These figures are
call upon the international community to be alert because of continuing increase could affect us all equally. Do not let the problem grow further and we contribute with whatever is in our power to overcome, starting with not wasting food or be exuberant when food shopping. TAKEN
