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We are a quarter of the way through the first century of the third millennium, we are the most technologically advanced we have ever been — there is software that can solve complex problems, run economies and even build houses — and yet people are still dying of hunger.
Two UN food agencies last week warned that millions of people around the world are facing famine, while the level of funding from many countries continues to fall. The joint report from the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme said conflict and violence were driving acute food insecurity in the majority of countries identified as being at risk.
The agencies listed Palestine, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen — along with Haiti and Mali — as being of highest concern, “where populations face an imminent risk of catastrophic hunger.” Another group of nations, including Syria, were classified as “very high concern.”
It is a paradox that as the level of aid has fallen and more people are getting increasingly hungry, the world is getting fatter
