BUSINESS

Tackling hunger with smart supply chain

Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 01/08/2012

» The truth is always hard. Despite all the progress humanity has made, more than a billion people in the world are still going to bed hungry each night, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The World Health Organisation estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is underfed and one-third is starving. Further statistics reveal that someone dies of hunger every 3.6 seconds.