[WATCH]: More than one billion people hungry worldwide: UN

www.timesofearth.com London - United Nations food agencies report more than one billion people, or one sixth of the world's population, are going hungry. This report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program is being released in advance of World Food Day, which falls on October 15. The report warns the number of undernourished people will continue to grow unless the world's fragile food system is reformed. The report finds the combined food and economic crises have pushed the number of hungry people worldwide to historic levels. It says poor people everywhere are going without food, but nearly all the world's undernourished live in developing countries. World Food Program spokeswoman, Emilia Casella,

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