New York Times Blog: September 15, 2010

In the "Tally of Hungry Has Fallen, But Stays High" By Neil MacFARQUHAR caught my attention. The article talked about how for the first time in 15 years the number of undernourished people in the world has decreased. Even though this number has decreased, it is still much higher due to the 2008 food crisis. The number of hungry people has decreased from 1.02 billion to 925 million since 2009. These changes can be attributed to the recent income growth and food price drop in the Asia Pacific region. Although this is progress, it is still no reason to celebrate. The very first goal of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization was to cut the amount of hungry people on 1990 in half is now impossible according to Jacques Diouf, the director general.