Conflict and climate change lead to rise in global hunger

Posted on Thursday, October 5th, 2017

Evan FraserGlobal hunger has dropped each year between 2005 and 2016 and development officials were considering that we could be on our way to eradicating hunger. However, this year showed a 4.5 per cent increase in those experiencing daily hunger, which is an increase of 38 million people. The increase is because of conflict and climate change. 

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