News and Politics | October 16, 2008 | 11 comments

900 million face starvation worldwide

source: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Food-Shortage-Oxfam-Say-900-Million-Worldwide-Ar...

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Food prices continue to rise, putting 900 million people worlwide at risk of starvation, according to an Oxfam report issued today. Spiralling inflation in the cost of basic foods, combined with a shortage of goods, has put an estimated 119 million people into hunger this year.
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11 comments // 900 million face starvation worldwide

  • 3oc
  • cheller1820
  • naturechild
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      naturechild  

    • As the world's population grows so will demand for food. It's a sad truth that there simply isn't enough food for everyone in the world. And even if there was, not everyone is willing to share.

    • 3 years ago
  • stranger2315
  • colmor
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      colmor  
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    • A new report (9/2/08) from The World Bank admits that in 2005 three billion one hundred and forty million people live on less that $2.50 a day and about 44% of these people survive on less than $1.25. Complete and total wretchedness can be the only description for the circumstances faced by so many, especially those in urban areas. Simple items like phone calls, nutritious food, vacations, television, dental care, and inoculations are beyond the possible for billions of people.

    • 3 years ago
  • peacenell
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      peacenell  

    • Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. ~Charles Sumner

    • 3 years ago
  • LiketoKnow
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      LiketoKnow  

    • Quote: "The horror of mass starvation is real and will only grow worse as global warming causes more and more climate changes. "

      Global Warming is not the cause of starvation through out the world. Please note I am not saying that global warming is not real. The true cause of large scale starvation is a multifacetted tragedy that is caused mainly by corrupt political regimes that at best can be described as dictatorships. Also contributing to this problem is the geopolitical and economical down turn of the world markets. The final major contributor is the lack of effective political, econonmic and military intervention in those countries with populations suffering from mass starvation. This is just one more example of what happens when the moral fiber of the human race degrades.

    • 3 years ago
  • MeganMcKenzie
  • iloveravi
  • iloveravi
  • hrhpod
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      hrhpod  
    • iloveravi:

      This sort of thing is a disgrace.

      To be twice your healthy weight, you will likely have eaten enough additional food to keep another human being alive for perhaps a year or two.

      Obesity is not just a health issue - it's an environmental issue - the consumption of resources you don't merit is the trademark of the developed world - and it needs to stop.

    • 3 years ago
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