[RED DEMOCRATICA] Report: Fewer people go hungry, but more effort needed on food-security MDG

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Countries unprepared for larger share of elderly, UN study says Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 1, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Report: Fewer people go hungry, but more effort needed on food-security MDG United Nations food agencies report that efforts to combat hunger have shown progress, with a 17% decline in the world's chronically hungry since the 1990-92 period. But the agencies warn that efforts need to be increased if the world is to meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving hunger by 2015. "With a final push in the next couple of years, we can still reach it," the UN agencies said in the report. Reuters (10/1), The Guardian (London) (10/1) Share:      Above the Fold Countries unprepared for larger share of elderly, UN study says How will the U.S. government shutdown affect aid agencies? 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