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World’s Hungry to Pass 1 Billion as Wealth Increases

News Stories — Tags: , , , — CBI — November 18th, 2009

Bloomberg created a chart to demonstrate the increasing level of world hunger in the past two decades. Despite greater global wealth, investment in world food aid has declined 37% on an inflation-adjusted basis since 1988, contributing to the rise in the world’s undernourished. This chart shows the need for a long-term investment in agriculture in order to produce enough food to adequately feed the world.

You can view the article and chart here. 

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