U.N.: 1 billion hungry
Trend blamed on declining aid, farm investment
Posted: October 15, 2009 at 5:38 a.m.
Declining aid and investment in agriculture caused a steady increase in world hunger for more than a decade before the economic crisis pushed the ranks of the hungry to a high of 1 billion, a U.N. food agency said Wednesday.
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