[RED DEMOCRATICA] Fewer people go hungry, but still too many, FAO says

 

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	October 9, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Fewer people go hungry, but still too many, FAO says Fewer people went hungry over the past two years than during the same period a decade ago, but 1 in 8 people -- or about 868 million, nearly all of them in developing countries -- are still chronically undernourished, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. "That is unacceptable, especially when we live in a world of plenty," writes FAO chief Jose Graziano da Silva, who adds that momentum is needed to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal of halving hunger worldwide by 2015. AlertNet/Reuters (10/9), Reuters (10/9)      Broader Syrian relief effort to save children  Wheat self-sufficiency eyed in sub-Saharan Africa  Pakistani teen activist wounded in gun attack  Pig farmer's biogas a model for Cuba, elsewhere  Mexico trumpets gains against Zetas cartel  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security What are some of the biggest issues in #development today and how can we address them? #fallsemester http://ow.ly/efVcU" @USAID "Grameen Bank has helped lift thousands of Bangladeshi families out of poverty and has been a financially solvent social enterprise." UN Dispatch Broader Syrian relief effort to save children An agreement between UNICEF and the Syrian government would allow humanitarian workers to move beyond the capital, Damascus, in an effort to help citizens, including vaccinating 1 million children. "Clearly thousands of children have been killed and tens of thousands and now hundreds of thousands have been uprooted," said Anthony Lake, head of the UN children's fund. AlertNet/Reuters (10/8)      Children take up arms in Mali as diplomacy stalls Calls to muster an international force to dislodge Islamist militants from Mali's northern territories have stalled at the United Nations amid concerns from neighboring countries and about the plan of action. Children as young as 11 are being recruited by Islamists, and militias in the country's south -- intent on retaking the north -- are conscripting boys as young as 14. ForeignPolicy.com/Turtle Bay blog (10/8), IRINNews.org (10/8)        Other News Former UN official says multinationals, food speculators behind hunger Africa Is A Country (10/5)      Eritrea seeks removal of UN sanctions Reuters (10/8)      Report accuses ex-leader's allies of destabilizing Cote d'Ivoire The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/The Associated Press (10/8)      UNHCR issues first guide to aiding male victims of rape AlertNet (10/8)      Wheat self-sufficiency eyed in sub-Saharan Africa A study suggests that countries in sub-Saharan Africa could grow significantly more wheat as "a hedge against food insecurity, political instability and price shocks." Without greater wheat production, African nations are likely to "face more hunger, instability and even political violence," according to the nonprofit International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. Reuters (10/8)        Other News Pakistan first in southern Asia to roll out pneumonia vaccine The Guardian (London) (10/9)      Ban on Islamic Relief will affect more than 1 million Somalis AlertNet/Reuters (10/8)      Liberia's Gbowee quits, criticizes rule of fellow Nobel laureate Reuters (10/8)      Pakistani teen activist wounded in gun attack Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani teenager who won a national award for bravery in recognition of her campaign for girls' education, was injured after unidentified gunmen reportedly fired on schoolgirls in the northwestern Swat Valley. "We have to fight the mindset that is involved in this. We have to condemn it. ... Malala is like my daughter, and yours too. If that mindset prevails, then whose daughter would be safe?" said Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. BBC (10/9)        Egypt's proposed constitution alarms women's groups The transition from dictatorship to democracy in Egypt could mean fewer protections for minorities and women. Islamists have emerged as the main political force, prompting nearly three dozen women's rights groups last week to protest the proposed constitution -- especially Article 36, which says men and women are guaranteed equal rights "as long as those rights are not contradicting the laws of Islam." Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (10/7)      Other News Women aim to boost gender equality in Brazilian politics Al-Jazeera (10/7)      Pig farmer's biogas a model for Cuba, elsewhere A system developed by Cuban pig farmer Daniel Garcia is converting the animals' manure into biogas to power his home and his neighbors'. He delivers the gas in sealed, recyclable plastic bags typically used to store tomato pulp. "What you throw away, others can live on," says Garcia. 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