Hunger – the Core Issue for Welthungerhilfe
Mother feeds her child in Mali. © FlaemingEach year the number of people who do not have enough to eat increases. The latest figures from the FAO (Sep. 2010) show an alarming picture: in 2008 there are 925 million people who have to suffer from hunger. This constitutes an increase of 40 million compared to the previous year.
This situation is mainly caused by rising prices for food, fuel and fertilisers. Millions of vulnerable households face a severe threat to their food security.
Global Hunger Index 2011
The challenge of hunger: Taming Price Spikes and Excessive Food Price Volatility
Growing demand for biofuels, extreme weather and climate change, and increased financial activity through commodity futures markets are the main causes of high and volatile food prices, according to the 2011 Global Hunger Index report, The Challenge of Hunger: Taming Price Spikes and Excessive Food Price Volatility.
Instrument for Fighting Hunger
Right to Food
925 million people suffer from hunger worldwide. This means that every seventh person is denied the right to food. Do these starving people know their rights?
Human Right to Food
The Consequences of Malnutrition and More
What is Hunger?
Chronic hunger leads to early death and is inseparably linked to the general economic underdevelopment in many countries. Hunger is frequently caused by wars, displacement and natural disasters.
How can Hunger be Overcome?
Finding Solutions for the Future
What can non-profit organisations and the people themselves do to fight hunger? What help can the governments of developing countries and industrialised nations provide?
Learn more about fighting hunger.
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The Global Hunger Index
The GHI is being published for the fifth time by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI, Washington DC) in cooperation with Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide (Dublin). It is being calculated for 129 countries. WHI combines the three parameters "Child mortality under five years old", "Underweight children under five years old" and "Proportion of undernourished in the population".
Indice De La Faim Dans Le Monde 2011
Indice Globale De La Fame 2011
More information
What is the Global Hunger Index?
Global Hunger Index 2010: Scores by severity
Poster: Global Hunger Index 2010
Determinations of Child nutrition
Components of the Global Hunger Index
Global Hunger Index 2010: Scores by country
Global Hunger Index 2010: Winners and losers
Our Partners
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
More information
Ending Hunger – Now! An Appeal to fight the Global Food Crisis
The Ten Point Plan: Demands of the Welthungerhilfe to overcome the global food crisis
Brochure: With the Right to Food toward greater Food Security
Welthungerhilfe projects
More information about our projects in Asia, Afria and Latin America
Alliance2015
Alliance2015 is a partnership of six like-minded non-government organizations working in the field of development cooperation. The Alliance members are Cesvi (I), Concern (IRL), Welthungerhilfe (D), Hivos (NL), Ibis (DK) and, since November 2003, People in Need (CZ).