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Enough food for everyone IF: The issues

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IF campaign: The issues

Our planet can provide enough food for everyone. Yet today, hunger is still the world's most shocking problem and our toughest challenge:

  • 1 in 8 people on this planet are living with the pain of hunger.
  • 2 million children die every year because they can't get enough to eat
  • People are denied access to land that could produce food.

It's unfair, it's unjust, and it's totally preventable. 2013 can be the beginning of the end of world hunger. We believe it's achievable - and in our lifetime. Enough people behind this campaign, we can make world leaders listen and do what needs to be done:


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The issue: Aid

We can't stand by when children are dying, just because they don't have enough to eat. Not only can we save millions of lives now, we can also give the poorest people the power to feed themselves for generations to come.

The UK government has committed in the 2013 Budget to spending 0.7% of its national income on aid. It's also promised additional money to help poor countries cope with climate change, which is making it harder for the poorest people to grow food.

We must make sure that the money is used to fight hunger and malnutrition. Just giving vitamin A to children could save more than half a million lives every year.

And leaders must find new ways to fund poor countries' response to climate change, helping them grow enough to feed their people.

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The issue: Tax

Too many big companies don't pay up the taxes they owe in developing countries. They're dodging millions of pounds every day. That money could help millions of people to escape from hunger - forever.

We can help stop this tax dodging if our government steps up to close the international tax loopholes. We need to get all the G8 leaders to agree a new international tax treaty.

This would help poor countries keep hold of the taxes they're owed, giving them funds to invest in supporting farmers to grow enough food for everyone in their country.

Photo: flickr.com/billtimmins

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The issue: Land

Some of the world's poorest farmers are losing their land to giant corporations. These companies don't care that the land is already being used by local people to grow food. The land grabs are being facilitated behind the scenes by investment banks and the World Bank.

Stopping them would help millions of people get enough to eat.

Increasingly, companies are growing food to fuel cars, not to feed people. This madness is driving up food and petrol prices. If we end the use of food for fuel, we can stop millions going hungry.

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The issue: transparency

We need to force governments and big corporations to be honest and open about their actions that stop people getting enough food. Many governments and big companies hide behind a veil of secrecy. They'd rather not make information public about their impact on people's lives and on the environment.

That means no one can hold them to account for actions that result in millions of people suffering from hunger. By strengthening laws that force them to be open and honest, we can make sure they don't get away with it.

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