More than two billion people, one in three persons worldwide suffer from micronutrient deficiency, a form of malnutrition", said Lola Castro, Country Director of WFP in Armenia, where WFP, in collaboration with the Government, provides food assistance to 45,000 of the most vulnerable and food-insecure groups of the population.
vulnerable sub-group of the population.
Jharkhand, India is one of the nation's poorest and most most food-insecure states, with over 45percentt of the population living below the poverty line.
In Northern Bahr el Ghazal, last year's harvest failures have left 84% of the population food insecure, with many relying on leaves and palm fruits.
"Overall, the food insecure population has since risen to 2.44 million – 26% of the population.
As secularism is attacked, and Mahatma Gandhi's Hindu-fanatic assassin is lionised by BJP supporters, the religious minorities – over a fifth of the population – feel increasingly insecure.
According to available statistics, 70 percent of the population are food insecure and 45 percent of children are stunted.
It means 37.2percentnt of the population is seriously food insecure and needs emergency food aid programmes to meet the challenges of hunger.
It found that about 7.4 million people are food-insecure, roughly 31percentt of the estimated population.
"Inequality is rising; basic services like health and education appear to be deteriorating outside the capital, and some share of the population remains chronically food-insecure".
In the Ouallam region, 40 per cent of the population is already severely food insecure or at risk of falling to food insecurity.
