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Hunger Inquest
By: ActionAid
Posted: Nov 16 09
Witnessed: 1431 times
Regions: Global, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda
Issues: Food & health & development, Sustainable development, Water
Tags: agriculture, climate change, FAO, farmers, food shortage, hunger, rising food prices, rural poverty, women, world food program, world food summit
In the run up to the November World Summit on Food Security, the Hunger Inquest film seeks to uncover the causes of 1 billion people going hungry, asking whether this disaster is due to natural causes, if it is a violation of rights and most importantly, is anyone to be held responsible?
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