Fighting World Hunger Through Micronutrient Fortification Programs
The UN World Food Program helps fight global hunger through emergency relief and development programs, including milling and fortification activities.
As we enter the new millennium, there are roughly 840 million chronically undernourished people in the world, 799 million of them in developing countries (FAO, 2002). The remaining 41 million are found in industrialized countries and in states undergoing transition, including the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
That the total number of undernourished people is 20 million lower than it was in 1990–92 is both good news and bad news. The good news is that there has been a decline in the numb…
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