en Ending World Hunger: What Can the U.S. Do? <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Food security and agricultural development are humanitarian concerns, but are also increasingly important issues for global economic and political security. Over 1 billion people in the world are hungry or malnourished, and that number is likely to rise over the next few decades due to pressures such as population growth and climate change. The worldwide food crisis of 2008, which sparked riots and protests across the globe, caused many in the U.S. to recognize global food security and ending world hunger as a vital national interest.</p></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:04:05 +0000 admin 17066 at