Ten Myths about Hunger

1: Not enough food to go round

2: Nature’s to blame for famine

3: Too many people

4: The environment versus more food?

5: The green revolution is the answer

6: We need large farms

7: The free market can end hunger

8: Too hungry to fight for their rights

9: Emergency food aid is the best solution

10: Free trade is the answer

Source: World Hunger | Institute for Food and Development Policy

Additional Resources

1 Billion Hungry - Sign the petition!

What We Do - Gorta

Hunger Task Force - Irish Aid

World Hunger - WFP

Special programme for food security - FAO

World Hunger Facts 2011 - Hunger Notes

World Hunger and Poverty - Global Issues

Hunger Fact File - DevelopmentEducation.ie

Millennium Development Goals - UN