The World Food Summit in Rome last November put the need for worldwide food security back in the centre of the developmental debate. The new version was presented in Bonn in March.
Malnutrition is a problem in many developing countries.
Around 40 million people, including 13 million children, die of hunger and its consequences every year. More than 40 per cent of the world population also suffers from a lack of micronutrients such as vitamins or trace elements. Some two billion people are affected by iron deficiency. Around 1.6 billion live in areas with an endemic lack of iodine. And about 230 million children across the world suffer from Vitamin A deficiency.