STOP

HUNGER

NOW

Course: EAP 1600-572502 Professor: Ileana Porges

Authors: Tahiyem Fardales Anahi Lopez

Hunger Stats
GLOBAL HUNGER
1.02 billion people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union
(Source: FAO news release, 19 June 2009)

907 million people in developing countries alone are hungry

(Source: The State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2008)

Asia and the Pacific region is home to over half the worlds population and nearly two thirds of the worlds hungry people
(Source: The State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2008)

More than 60 percent of chronically hungry people are women

(Source: The State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2006)

65 percent of the world's hungry live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia.
(Source: The State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2008)

Hunger Stats
CHILD HUNGER
More than 70 percent of the world's 146 million underweight children under age five years live in just 10 countries, with more than 50 percent located in South Asia alone
(Source: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition, UNICEF, 2006)

10.9 million children under five die in developing countries each year. Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause 60 percent of the deaths
(Source: The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)

One out of four children - roughly 146 million - in developing countries are underweight
(Source: The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)

Hunger Stats
MALNUTRITION
It is estimated that 684,000 child deaths worldwide could be prevented by increasing access to vitamin A and zinc
(Source: WFP Annual Report 2007)

Lack of Vitamin A kills a million infants a year

(Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, UNICEF) Vitamin A deficiency affects approximately 25 percent of the developing worlds pre-schoolers. It is associated with blindness, susceptibility to disease and higher mortality rates. It leads to the death of approximately 1-3 million children each year. (Source: UN Standing Committee on Nutrition. World Nutrition Situation 5th report. 2005)

Undernutrition contributes to 53 percent of the 9.7 million deaths of children under five each year in developing countries.
(Source: Under five deaths by cause, UNICEF, 2006)

Hunger Stats
MALNUTRITION
Iron deficiency is impairing the mental development of 40-60 percent children in developing countries
(Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, p2, UNICEF)

Iron deficiency is the most prevalent form of malnutrition worldwide, affecting an estimated 2 billion people.
(Source: World Health Organization, WHO Global Database on Anaemia)

Iodine deficiency is the greatest single cause of mental retardation and brain damage. Worldwide, 1.9 billion people are at risk of iodine deficiency, which can easily be prevented by adding iodine to salt
(Source: UN Standing Committee on Nutrition. World Nutrition Situation 5th report. 2005)

Hunger Stats
FOOD & HIV/AIDS
In the countries most heavily affected, HIV has reduced life expectancy by more than 20 years, slowed economic growth, and deepened household poverty.
(Source: 2008 UNAIDS Global Report on the AIDS Epidemic)

In sub-Saharan Africa alone, the epidemic has orphaned nearly 12 million children aged under 18 years.
(Source: 2008 UNAIDS Global Report on the AIDS Epidemic).

 Nature

(Natural disasters such as floods, tropical storms and long periods of drought)

Poverty Trap (The poverty-stricken do not have enough money to buy or produce
enough food for themselves and their families)

Agricultural infrastructure (Many developing countries lack key agricultural

infrastructure, such as enough roads, warehouses and irrigation)

Over-exploitation of environment (Poor farming practices, deforestation, over

cropping and overgrazing are exhausting the Earth's fertility and spreading the roots of hunger)

War

TABLA # 1: Comparison between Egypt, Pakistan, and Congo in Different Parameters.

Country Parameters
Climate

Egypt
Desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters. Except for modest amounts of rainfall along Mediterranean coast, precipitation ranges from minimal to nonexistent. Vast desert plateau interrupted by valley and delta

Pakistan
Cold winters and hot summers in the north and a mild climate in the south, moderated by the influence of the ocean. The central area has a continental climate. Plains in the south, mountains in the north, to the west of the river are the dry, hilly deserts of Balochistan; to the east the rolling sand dunes of the

Congo, Democratic Republic Of

Equatorial, warm and humid in the centre, tropical in the south and north

Terrain

Varied, with vast basin in the centre and west; high plateau bordering the basin in the east and south

Cotton, rice, corn, wheat, Wheat, rice, sugarcane, millet, Coffee, bananas, corn, Food production beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, corn, oilseeds, pulses, bananas, sugarcane, cocoa beans, water buffalo, sheep, goats

magoes, vegetables, cattle, and cassava, maize, rice, palm oil, poultry tea, cattle Not available March-June

Winter Harvest: March-April Annual Summer Harvest: August harvest Agricultural 13.9 production (% of GDP)

20

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TABLA # 1: Comparison between Egypt, Pakistan, and Congo in Different Parameters.

Country
Parameters Egypt Pakistan Congo, Democratic Republic Of 0.411 31 74 Extremely alarming

Human Development Index

The Human Development Index combines three basic aspects of human development: health, knowledge, and standard of living. Data on each country's progress in each area is collected and released annually by UNDP.

0.708 6 4

0.551 38 24

Children under weight for age (% of children under 5) Population undernourished (% of total pop.) Global hunger index - label
The Global Hunger Index ranks countries on the basis of a figure arrived at by combining three indicators: level of child malnutrition, rates of child mortality, and the proportion of people who are calorie deficient. The ranking is updated annually by IFPRI.

Low

Alarming

Global hunger index - value

The Global Hunger Index ranks countries on the basis of a figure arrived at by combining three indicators: level of child malnutrition, rates of child mortality, and the proportion of people who are calorie deficient. The ranking is updated annually by IFPRI.

<5

21.7

42.7

Infant mortality rate per 1000 live birth - 2005 UNDP

28

79

129

Table #2: The Global Hunger Index by Country, 1990 GHI and 2009 GHI
Rank
58 84

Country
Egypt Arab Rep. Pakistan Congo, Dem. Rep.

1990
7.1 24.7 25.5

2009
<5 21.0 39.1

Global Hunger Index

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