Wednesday, October 10, 2012

UN 1/8 people long-term malnutrition

According to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Projects Agency, and International Agriculture Development Foundation's report, from 2010 to 2012 about 87billion people who are long-term in malnutrition. The number takes 1/8 people in the world. In the number, 85 billion 2million people are live in the developing countries. That's 14.9% of these countries' people. It is said that about the reduction of the population starvation, each area and country in the world have gap exist. It is seen that Latin America and Asia's malnutrition population and proportional is continuously decline in last years and the more possibility to make the United Nations Millennium Development goals.But it is a little for Africa and West Asia.The goal is that from 1990 to 2015 the starvation proportional reduce in half to 10%.

1 comment:

  1. That's quite sad. I hope we can figure out how to help in our lifetime.

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