The combination of food and economic crises have pushed the number of the world's hungry to historic levels, claim the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme.

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The combination of food and economic crises have pushed the number of the world's hungry to historic levels, claim the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme. More than 1,000,000,000 people are undernourished. In Asia and the Pacific, an estimated 642,000,000 individuals are suffering from chronic...