The UN Food and Agriculture Organization reports that about 815 million people from 7.6 billion people in the world or 10.7% suffer from chronic malnutrition by 2016. Almost all hungry people live in developing countries, and there are 11 million people malnourished in the country advanced.
There are two basic types of malnutrition / malnutrition, the first and most important of which is protein energy malnutrition (PEM). This is basically a lack of calories and protein. Food is converted to energy by humans, and the energy contained in foods is measured with calories. Protein is necessary for major body functions including provision of essential amino acids and muscle development and maintenance. Malnutriton energy protein is a more lethal form of malnutrition / famine and is a type of malnutrition called when world hunger is discussed.
Most hungry people live in developing countries, who see a 42 percent decline in the prevalence of malnourished people between 1990-92 and 2012-14. Despite progress, about one in eight people or 13.5 percent of the total population still suffers from chronic malnutrition in the region, down from 23.4 percent in 1990-92. Some of the most densely populated areas in the world, Asia is home to two of the three malnourished people in the world.
Famine continues to take the biggest casualties in terms of the number of people affected in South Asia covering the countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Estimates of 276 million people with chronic malnutrition in 2014-16 were only slightly lower than those in 1990-92. East Asia (where China is by far the largest country) and Southeast Asia (including Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam, and others) have reduced malnutrition.
The year 2015 marks the end of the monitoring period for two internationally agreed targets to reduce hunger. The target for the Millennium Development Goals for developing countries as a whole is to halve the proportion of hungry by 2015 from the base year (1990s) or from 23.2% to 6.6%. Because the proportion in 2014-16 is 12.9% where the goal is almost achieved. While East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean region have reached the goal.
These problems globally are climate change disruptions such as droughts and floods, as well as political crises and severe economic downturns in commodity-dependent countries.
The farmer transformation program can be an example of a rural Entrepreneurship program for Heifer International's Heifer International Agriculture Cooperation, committed to rebuilding communities in rural areas and increasing economic opportunities.
Farmers must be developed appropriately so that small farmers can meet their needs and prepare to produce food in the face of rapid population growth.
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https://www.worldhunger.org/2015-world-hunger-and-poverty-facts-and-statistics/
