World Disasters Report 2011
Hunger and malnutrition Disasters and humanitarian relief Trackbacks (0)- Focus on hunger and malnutrition. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
This year’s World Disasters Report focuses on the growing crisis of hunger and malnutrition. Smallholder farmers who produce half the world’s food are among the almost 1 billion people who go to bed hungry every night. Millions of children suffer the irreversible effects of undernutrition. Increasing food insecurity weakens people’s resilience to disasters and disease, and people everywhere are experiencing the increasing volatility of food prices.
This report analyses the causes and impacts of such vulnerability at
community, national and international levels – during and after
emergencies, and from a longer-term perspective. It examines the
challenges of the globalized nature of food-related vulnerabilities, and
the need for a cross-disciplinary approach. The report acknowledges the
complexities involved, that the issues of global food security, hunger
and malnutrition go to the core of virtually all the major components of
the functioning of the international system, from international trade
to climate change, from water scarcity to scientific innovation. What
political action is needed to reform a failing global food system
unlikely to provide sufficient food for a population projected to rise
to 9 billion by 2050?
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