The world Hunger Map was announced by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2010. It is a map in which those countries with undernourished populations are colour-coded according to percentage; 5–35% or more. This is a reality which all human beings are now facing: the fact that a large proportion of humanity is living close to starvation.
If we turn our attention simultaneously to a map of “Human-induced soil degradation” (released by the FAO in 2008), one thing becomes very clear and that is the fact that most of those areas showing up as a colour other than green (green ...
There are approximately 944 more words in this article.
To read the rest of this article, please buy this issue, or join the Resurgence Trust. As a member you will receive access to the complete archive of magazines from May 1966.
If you are already a member, please Sign in
