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The food and agricultural organization developed the low-income-food-deficit countries to assist in identifying food security issues. The list includes 66 countries. Some LIFDCs do not prduce enough food to feed their population

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By raising awareness it aims to trigger national and global actions to reduce hunger before its too late.

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The global hunger index tracks hunger by undernourishment, child underweight and child mortality.

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FYI- 870 million people

are undernourished in 2010-12

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There are multiple causes of hunger including :

poverty, rising food prices, lack of irrigation, land degradation.

Unfavourable weather conditions, land converted from food crops to

biofuels, control of food by a new agribusiness and population growth.

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Without sustainable intervention, hunger and malnutrition

could escalate

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Food production is going to have to

move faster to keep up to speed with

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The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates

33% of the worlds population are underfed and 33% are starving.

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Even though there is an increase in global food production

there has been an increase in hunger.

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In 1783, a volcano erupted in Iceland and 10000

people starved to death when the land was

covered in volcanic ash.

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Studies show that most of the worlds

population are living in urban areas.

Between 2000 and 2025 the

population living in urban areas

would have doubled. 95% of future

population growth will occur in the

urban areas of developing countries,

such as countries in the Asian pacific,

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While famines often attract strong media coverage,

hunger is a more widespread problem that reduces life

expectancy and increases infant mortality rates.

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Over five million children die from hunger every

year, at the rate of one child dying every 6 seconds.

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Population growth is rising the price of grain,

oil (fuel, gas), foods and water prices

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Adding more people to planet

earth will cause a huge loss of water.

The planet will need to build millions

and millions of desalination plants

to recycle used water and keep the

world hydrated.

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By 2050 agriculture will need to produce

another one billion tonnes of cereals and

another 200 million tonnes of livestock each

year to feed the planet.

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It has slowed down, but is projected to

increase in the next number of years.

This will affect food availability.