World Hunger Facts

Since 1990, the world has reduced the number of people living in extreme poverty more than half. However, this is still less than 199 million, leaving 767 million who is in danger of survival. (Four)

Most of the very poor people live in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Most people live in rural areas, have low educational standards and work in the agricultural sector. More than half are under 18 years old. (Four)

In order to reduce the hunger and poverty of the world, we must improve the lives of the poor. One of the best ways to achieve this goal is to help small farmers and farmers improve their productivity and income. (6)

In developing countries, 66 million primary school lower grade children are participating in hungry classes. (3)

Asia is the most hungry population - a continent with two thirds of the world's population. South Asia is facing the biggest hunger burden with up to 281 million people with malnutrition

Due to malnutrition, the number of deaths for children under five years decreased from approximately 500,000 to one million. When a child becomes malnourished, her immune system weakens and you can not fight common preventable diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia. (1)

Since 1990, the world has reduced child mortality more than half. This is a big step, but by the birthday of 5 years, 9 million children are dying. This is 11 children per minute! (2)

Worldwide, one in 9 people (795 million) in the world today is malnourished. They have fewer calories than health and growth. (Five)

Agriculture is the world's largest single employer, and today living in 40% of the world's population. It is the source of the greatest income and employment for poor rural families.

There are 500 million small farms all over the world, accounting for 80% of food consumption in many developing countries. Investing in small women and men is an important way to raise the food security and nutrition of the poorest and to provide food production to domestic and foreign markets.

If women farmers get the same resources as male farmers, the number of hungry people in the world may be reduced by 150 million people.

Water scarcity and poor water quality are causing food insecurity in poor families around the world. Since 1990, 6 billion people have access to improved drinking water, but 8 billion people still have access to drinking water from sources of pollution.

Malnutrition: Number of people who do not have enough food to meet the minimum dietary energy needs

Child stunt: Number of children with significantly lower age (5th percentile or less). It is caused by chronic malnutrition and frequent infections and can damage your child's body and brain. Growth inhibition affects learning and future work capacity of children

Child weight loss: the number of children whose weight is significantly lower due to height. This is a strong predictor of mortality under the age of 5. It is caused by acute malnutrition and / or illness

Poverty is the main cause of starvation (the fact of world hunger in 2004), an estimated 2 billion poor people in developing countries live on less than a dollar a day (World Bank). Of these, an estimated 780 million people suffer from chronic sustained hunger. Despite progress in the 1990s, serious poverty remains a shocking problem in the developing areas of the world. In Asia, especially in East Asia, the progress of poverty reduction was intense. In all other regions, the number of very poor people is increasing. In Africa, the number of the poor in 1999 increased by 58 million more than in 1990 (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2002). We must also consider that hunger is the cause of poverty. Hunger may become serious due to poor health such as energy shortage or mental damage. The causes of poverty include the lack of financial resources for the poor, the distribution of extremely unequal income in the world and certain countries.

According to facts and statistics of world hunger and poverty in 2015, the most affected are Asia, 525.6 million people, 214 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, in Latin America and the Caribbean 37 million people are deprived of food. According to media reports, the majority of malnourished people are women and children ("Understanding Your World: Facts About Hunger and Poverty", 2015). Frequent nutritional deficiencies have a profound impact on the body, especially for children. Malnutrition leads to depilation, hair loss, fatigue, upset stomach, indigestion, and other serious diseases. As a woman most enthusiastic, there are many births and births of dead babies. In addition, there are several incidents that people overdrink after long-term hunger and death.