hunger – Muslim Science https://muslim-science.com Bridging the gap between Science and Islam Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:55:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 The State of Food Insecurity in the World https://muslim-science.com/state-food-insecurity-world/ https://muslim-science.com/state-food-insecurity-world/#respond Mon, 01 Sep 2014 05:15:16 +0000 http://muslim-science.com/?p=2508 FAO’s most recent estimates indicate that, globally, 842 million people – 12 percent of the global population – were unable to meet their dietary energy requirements in 2011–13, down from 868 million reported for the 2010–12 period in last year’s report. Thus, around one in eight people in the world are likely to have suffered from chronic hunger, not having enough food for an active and healthy life. The vast majority of hungry people – 827 million of them – live in developing regions, where the prevalence of undernourishment is now estimated at 14.3 percent in 2011–13.

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