Archive for July 13, 2012

Fast Facts: Seven Billion and Growing: How Will the World Feed Itself?

Asia’s poor spend up to 70% of their income on food, while the rising middle class place even greater demand on food and water sources. How can the region ensure everyone has enough to eat?

1. Two-thirds of the world’s one billion hungry live in Asia and the Pacific and the region accounts for two-thirds of all underweight children.  Read more