Redressing Imbalances In Food Production To Break The Cycle Of Rural Poverty: The Equal Opportunities Commission Joins The World To Celebrate World Food Day:
The number of hungry people in the world has dropped by 100 million in the last decade, in large part due to coordinated efforts around the world to eradicate hunger and end extreme poverty. But there is much work left to do.
Today, 795 million people still suffer from hunger and malnutrition, conditions that can drive instability and turmoil and continue the vicious cycle of poverty.
In Uganda, where the agriculture sector employs more than 60 percept of the population, over 500 family farms produce the food that feeds millions of people. These are farms which primarily rely on family members for labour and management of agricultural produces.