Caritas Australia has launched a report examining food shortages around the world. The report advocates a clear focus on the right to food. The current financial crisis will continue to compound the number of people living in dire poverty. The report looks at the complex and interrelated environmental, social and economic factors of the food crisis and what can be done.
Produced in consultation with Caritas Australia’s local partners across the globe, the report advocates a clear focus on the right to food. The current financial crisis will continue to compound the number of people living in dire poverty. Whilst the financial crisis sweeping the globe has or will affect us all in the developed world, it is the poorest in the developing world, those who are already teetering on the precipice of existence, who are most vulnerable. The paper begins by documenting the latest episode in the ongoing food crisis, the causes of which involve complex and interrelated environmental, social and economic factors.
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Since world food prices began to soar in 2007, an additional 100 million people have been dragged into extreme poverty. The situation has been exacerbated by the global financial crisis — to the point where the United Nations now warns that for the first time ever, up to 1 billion people are at risk of starvation. Listen to Caritas Australia CEO Jack de Groot talk about the looming issue with Radio National.
