Today the World commemorate World Food Day, one of United Nations annual events. As this day brings to mind, a focus on food. And to take a look at who gets food not just food, but balance and nutritious diet.
It is estimated that, more than 842 million people(1 in every 8 people in the world) suffer from chronic hunger. Many more people on daily basis wake up to face a day of not knowing where and how the days meal is coming from, more of these people are children and women. Although each year this day is highlighted yet it has not created the needed awareness it needs to reduce hunger rather, hunger related problems keep mounting up across the globe.
In view of this, the Executive Director of World Food Program, Ertharin Cousin has noted that Prioritizing nutrition is a major investment sector in our collective global future. Therefore investors must place equal emphasis on food and agriculture.
He further indicated that under nourished girls and boys face barriers in health, in schools performance which later affect their work efficiency. It always affect their human potential capacity to contribute to the society in which they live in.
Ertharin Cousin made this known in a press release as the World commemorates World Food Day today. He said if the global community invested $1.2 billion per year on reducing micronutrient deficiencies over a-five year period, there will be much improvement in health care delivery as well as fewer child deaths and this will generate an increase in future earnings worth $15.3 billion.
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