While you watch this video, hundreds of millions of people are just trying to get through the day on an empty stomach.The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

Did you know that if women in rural areas had the same access to resources and opportunities as men, agricultural production could be increased and the number of hungry people reduced by 100-150 million? [...]

While you watch this video, hundreds of millions of people are just trying to get through the day on an empty stomach. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

This month’s featured book was written by two people with long experience in the drive to end hunger. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

Did you know that women make up 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries? Did you know that because they are women, their access to resources and opportunities are limited? [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

World renowned photojournalist Peter Menzel spent three years travelling around the world making photographs of families with a week’s worth of food. From Chad to the USA, you can view what people are eating and compare with your own weekly diet. In this photo essay Hungry Planet, you will see 600 meals of 30 families Menzel met during his reportage trip. [...]

Watch the multimedia video featured on the left and you’ll begin to understand. The reality is this: we already know what works against hunger. But the world has never made it a top priority. Our objective is to build a critical mass of people worldwide who no longer accept the status quo. To put pressure on politicians – in rich and poor countries alike – to do what needs to be done. [...]

Hunger is a byproduct of poverty. People with money in their pockets don't go hungry. Rural areas have the greatest percentage of hungry people. So anything that helps poor farmers in these areas bring in a bountiful harvest contributes to the fight against hunger. Groundwater control included. [...]

A new year has started and many of our resolutions may include reading more books in 2012. [...]

Every year on 16 October FAO celebrates World Food Day. It’s also FAO’s birthday but more importantly a day to remember the importance of its mission to end hunger. [...]

Every year, an Iowa-based research institution awards a World Food Prize to two global leaders who have made measureable contributions to fight global hunger. This year, John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have been chosen. [...]

After her visit to FAO headquarters in Rome, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emailed us a message answering some of the questions we hear most often. [...]

Peter Lowrey from the Ending Hunger team travels to Hyderabad, India to investigate urban hunger. [...]

In the second episode of Hungry Planet three stories showcase how three of the Rome-based UN food agencies try to eradicate global hunger. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

In the third episode of Hungry Planet, legendary ex-Barcelona FC striker Hristo Stoitchkov visits a community in Burkina Faso in the process of recovering from the 2009 flooding. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. [...]

We have seen enough TV reports and documentaries portraying hunger and poverty. With the spread of affordable cameras and editing software, even the poorest citizens of the world are now able to create videos. Now listen to the voices of the world’s unheard communities. [...]

Ever wondered what it’s like to live on less than one US dollar a day? Watch this video and see what exactly you can get to eat with only a dollar to spend. [...]

“Is the world facing a hungry future?” asks famous TV host Sir David Frost (known for his revealing 1977 interview with President Nixon) to a panel of experts, [...]

Chronic hunger in the south of Somalia has turned to famine. A combination of the worst drought in 60 years and political chaos has left communities in the south of the country in severe food crisis. [...]

Ever wondered what it’s like to live in chronic hunger? How hard it is to live below the poverty line? Watch this video filmed by our team and see how this African woman tries to feed her family with only four US dollars a month. [...]

As skyrocketing food prices dictate politics from the Middle East to Madagascar, an award-winning magazine of global politics and economics Foreign Policy publishes its first-ever issue dedicated to food. [...]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appealed to countries to give higher priority to global food security, in an address delivered Friday (6th May 2011) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. [...]

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