http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1308/S00050.htm Child malnutrition should be tackled by coordinated efforts Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 10:50 am Article: Amir Murtaza Child malnutrition should be tackled through coordinated efforts by Amir Murtaza August 6, 2013 According to the State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 (SOFI), jointly published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP), nearly 870 million people, or one in eight, were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2010-2012. The report further revealed that the vast majority of the hungry, 852 million live in developing countries - around 15 percent of their population. [....]