Facts and figures about United Nations Hunger , Awareness on world food bank

1. WORLD FOOD DAY
16th October 2013
It is celebrated every year around the world to
commemorate the founding of Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations in 1945
It is a world-wide event designed to increase
awareness, understanding and inform year-around
action to alleviate hunger
The theme of World Food Day 2013 is
"SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS FOR FOOD
SECURITY AND NUTRITION"

2. "SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS FOR FOOD
SECURITY AND NUTRITION"
Food security: To feed an estimated 870 million hungry people on the planet,
we need to increase production of basic staple foods by 60 percent.
Nutrition: Two billion worldwide lack micronutrients vital for good health.
Agriculture must become more nutrition-sensitive, with a stronger focus on
fruits, vegetables, and other nutrient-dense foods.
Food Systems: Since every aspect of our food systems has an effect on the final
availability and accessibility of diverse, nutritious foods, we must constantly
strive towards a healthier global food system.
Sustainability: By using resources more efficiently at every stage along the food
chain, we can increase the amount of healthy food available worldwide. Getting
the most food from every drop of water, plot of land, and speck of fertilizer saves
resources for the future.

3. Alarming Facts About Hunger
 The WHO estimates that onethird of the world population
is well-fed, one third is
under-fed and one-third is
starving.
 925 million people in the
world do not have enough to
eat.
 Every 3.6 second someone
dies of hunger.
 Every
year
15
million
children die of hunger.

4. Alarming Facts About Hunger
 65% of the world’s hungry
populaces live in only seven
countries: India, China, The
Democratic,
Republic
of
Congo,
Bangladesh,
Indonesia, Pakistan, and
Ethiopia.
 Undernourishment kills more
people every year than
malaria, tuberculosis and
AIDS combined.

5. Causes For Lack Of Food In The World
Overexploitation
of
environment
Over population
Exclusion of
poor
countries
from global
trade market
Food wastage
Unequal
development
Natural
calamities

6. Hunger And The Human Body
BRAIN:
A healthy brain needs 20 percent of your body’s energy
which comes from food consumption.
HEART:
A healthy heart pumps a steady supply of blood throughout
the body. An undernourished heart shrinks.
VITAL ORGANS:
The liver and kidneys filter out toxins and waste, while your
immune system fends off. Dangerous toxins build up as the
liver and kidneys fail.
SKIN & BONES:
Healthy skin shields the body from infection. Hungry skin
cracks, becoming a gateway for infection. Bones stop growing
also known as stunting.

7. World Food Programme and India
India is home to about 25 percent of the world's hungry poor. Around 43 per cent of children under
the age of five years are malnourished and more than half of all pregnancy women aged between
15 and 49 years suffer from anemia.
Stark inter-state disparities exist with some states better off on all social indicators than the others.
The states that suffer from hunger and malnutrition the most include Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
The objectives of WFP's Country Programme in India are to:
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Combat malnutrition and invest in human resources;
Help improve immediate food security for selected target groups;
Maximize the active participation of women in projects;
Advocate joint forest management;
Help strengthen distribution channels for locally-produced food grains;
Increase agricultural production and create employment.
Specific beneficiaries include poor women (especially mothers), at-risk children,
and poor forest-dependent populations.
To know more, please visit: http://www.wfp.org/countries/india/home

8. India Food Banking Network
 Food banking is a system that
moves food from donors to the
people who need it and engages
all sectors of society in the effort.
 It is a non-profit flexible distribution
model that acquires donated/
purchased food and makes it
available to the hungry through the
network of institutional feeding
programs.
 These programs include school
feeding
programs,
charitable
hospitals,
orphanages,
the
destitute, beggars, homeless etc.
To know more about Indian Food Banking Network, please visit:
http://www.indiafoodbanking.org/