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The Asia Pacific MDG Community of Practice is a network where MDG practitioners exchange knowledge and find partners, synergies, and solutions to reach the collective goal of achieving the MDGs. Current topics covered by the community include: Hunger in the Asia Pacific and Social Inclusion
Special Update
The State of
Food Insecurity in the World - 2009
Economic Crisis - impact and lessons learned

Year 2009
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Recent News on Hunger
  • LATIN AMERICA: Poor, Overweight and Malnourished - Inter Press Service
  • Will food bill help these children? - Hindustan Times
  • Food Security law is a farce - fnbnews.com
  • Feeling sated? - Hindustan Times
  • World Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean: Day 14 - Conducive Chronicle
  • Food security : tackling hunger in developing countries - European Public Health Alliance
  • Free movement of food can save lives of hungry billion - Business Daily Africa
  • Nigeria: Food Security - Experts Make Case for Urgent Action On Small Scale ... - AllAfrica.com
  • Free Food! - Hürriyet
  • "L'Aquila" Joint Statement on Global Food Security
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Tools of Interest
World Food Programme’s Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping
http://www.wfp.org/food-security
Up-to-date Statistical Database: FAOSTAT
http://faostat.fao.org/default.aspx
IFPRI’s Global Hunger Index Map
http://www.ifpri.org/publication/2009-global-hunger-index
HAVE YOUR SAY
  • Query on Hunger in the Asia - Pacific region by Prof. M.S Swaminathan. Posted on the Asia-Pacific MDG Community of Practice
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