The World Food Day celebrated on 16 October 2009 was also the occasion to understand the efforts made by governments and other agencies to reduce the number of hungry people around the world. Interestingly, ActionAid International released the scorecard report to point out the progress made by various countries in fighting against hunger. According to the report, Who’s Really Fighting Hunger?, which gathers its data from more than fifty countries where ActionAid has a presence, some of the poor and developing countries have made remarkable progress in reducing hunger within their boundaries. One such example is China which has “cut hunger numbers by 58 million in ten years through strong state support for smallholder farmers.” But India has only added another 30 million to its hungry population since the mid-nineties. But Brazil has topped the score chart by reducing its child malnutrition rate by 73 percent and even poor countries like Ghana and Malawi have also done well in this regard. Other developing nations such as Vietnam, Guatemala, Uganda, Gambia, Senegal and Nigeria have also reached the top ten. The full report can be downloaded from this link.
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