Almost 1 billion people in the world are hungry

A new report by the UN food agency (FAO) estimates that 925 million people around the world are chronically hungry, the first time in 15 years that number has decreased (after a rapid rise in chronic hunger in 2008 when basic food prices increased ~40% around the world). This includes only people who are hungry every day (rather than at some times of the year). Here's the New York Times story on this report.