Going to Bed Hungry

 

Tucker Tangeman

It is getting worse

2022: a year of unprecedented hunger
As many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night. The number of those facing acute food insecurity has soared - from 135 million to 345 million - since 2019. A total of 49 million people in 49 countries are teetering on the edge of famine.

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A global food crisis | World Food Programme

What Causes Hunger?

Inequity.
Poverty.
Conflict.
Climate Change.
Disasters & Emergencies.

How much does it cost to end world hunger?

How much money could help end world hunger? Oxfam says current estimates suggest that as of this year, we need wealthy donor governments to invest around $37 billion every year until 2030 to tackle both extreme and chronic hunger.

Concern Worldwide US came up with nine world hunger solutions to get us to 2030.

1. Embrace Climate Smart Agriculture
2. Respond to the Refugee Crisis
3. Advocate for Gender Equality
4. Reduce Food Waste
5. Invest is Disaster Risk Reduction
6. Support Hygiene and Sanitation
7. Control Infestations and Crop Infections
8. Enhance Crops with Biofortification
9. Improving Food Storage Systems


Mahatma Gandhi, on feeding the hungry
“There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.” “There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” What is this? “Poverty is the worst form of violence.”