Hunger and malnutrition are unacceptable in a world which has, in fact, levels of production, resources and knowledge sufficient to put an end to such dramas and their consequences.
			(Pope Benedict XVI)

One billion people in our world suffer from malnourishment. The world is in the grip of a serious food crisis. Rising food prices, the growing impacts of climate change, war and conflict continue to exacerbate the problem, making food more expensive and less accessible, particularly for the one billion people living on less than $2 per day.

This occurs despite the fact that we produce more food than we ever have across the globe, more than enough to meet the nutritional needs of everyone on the planet.


Fact 1: Millennium Development Goal 1 aims to reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.

Fact 2: Rising food prices in 2007 and 2008 have dragged a further 100 million people into extreme poverty.

Fact 3: Although rates of malnourishment had been declining, rising food prices in 2008 reversed this trend (Millennium Development Goal Report 2009).

Fact 4: Failure to implement strong actions in the fight against hunger could give way to a long-lasting food crisis (Millennium Development Goal Report 2009).


Be More informed: read Caritas Australia’s report Food: the fundamental right. 

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