The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2009 presents the latest statistics on global undernourishment and concludes that structural problems of underinvestment have impeded progress toward the World Food Summit goal and the first Millennium Development Goal hunger reduction target. This disappointing state of affairs has been exacerbated by first the food crisis and now the global economic crisis that, together, have increased the number of undernourished people in the world to more than one billion for the first time since 1970.
Foreword -- Undernourishment around the world -- Case studies of countries affected by the economic crisis -- Towards eliminating hunger -- Technical annex.

57 p. : ill., graphs, maps, tables

Includes bibliographical references.

9789251062883