On World Food Day, UN agencies urge concerted effort against global hunger
NEW YORK. October 15. KAZINFORM United Nations agencies tasked with tackling global hunger today highlighted the need for concerted efforts to address the root causes, focusing on the need to ensure that children have enough to eat, and addressing the factors that make food unaffordable for so many.
To mark the annual World Food Day , which falls on Sunday, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO ) noted that price fluctuations, especially upswings, are a major threat to food security in developing countries, where the poor are particularly hard hit, the UN News Centre said.
It cited World Bank data indicating that rising food costs pushed nearly 70 million people into extreme poverty in 2010-2011.
FAO chose the theme of 'Food Prices - From Crisis to Stability' for this year's Day to shed light on the trend and what can be done to mitigate its impact on the most vulnerable.
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