World Hunger Report

A press conference was held to present the world hunger report. A product of collaborative efforts by U.N. agencies, international and grass roots organizations, the fifth annual edition of "The State of Food Insecurity in the World" report gives detailed statistics on hungry people and ranks the efforts of countries to combat hunger. The report highlights success stories and failures. Dr. de Haen, whose department produced the report, presented the report and he and Dr. Riemenschneider answered questions from reporters.