Africa has the largest proportion of people that suffer from chronic hunger [FAO]UN Urges World Unity Against Hunger -- Al Jazeera
On World Food Day, officials call for a growth in agriculture to help almost one billion people facing chronic hunger.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called for "urgent and concerted actions" from world leaders and international organisations to help put an end to chronic hunger, which affects almost one billion people across the globe.
Jacques Diouf, the FAO Director-General, Pope Benedict XVI, and the president of Rwanda were among leading figures backing the call on World Food Day on Saturday.
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