Food in the Developing World
In Canada, many of us wonder what our next meal should be, not when. But imagine you live in rural Zambia where the majority of the population works as farmers. When the rains are good, a farmer can usually grow just enough food to feed his family and possibly have a little left over to sell at the market. But in years like 2005, when the rainy season was interrupted by a severe drought, most families where unable to produce enough food to last until the next rainy season.
These people are among the 850 million who go hungry every day. Despite food production levels sufficient to feed the global population, one out of every seven people on earth suffer from malnutrition and hunger. Access to adequate amounts of food is essential for people to reach their fullest potential—enabling them to grow, develop, work, play and resist infection. Malnutrition and hunger increase vulnerability to disease and premature death.
The United Nations' Millennium Development Goals aim to cut the number of hungry people in half by the year 2015...
...but this can only be achieved with the help of your generation.
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