By the crisis, more than 1,000 million people suffer from hunger

On the international economic crisis, food aid is on the lowest level of the last 20 years. Therefore, the number of hungry people is critically share highest known in history

Of the 6,791,511,711 people when inhabit the planet, almost one sixth is hungry. According to data managed by the World Food Program (WFP), there is a serious budget deficit to deal with the situation.

To date, this program has confirmed 2,600 million dollars of funding for its 2009 budget, which expected to be 6,700 million.

"Millions of people have been hit by the global financial crisis and its capacity limited to buy food because prices remain high," he says in this regard the UN program.

From Mexico, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, has said at a forum organized by several NGOs in the past two years increased "significantly" and that world hunger is already over 1,000 million people.

This situation is "alarming" and states must develop "effective programs" that address this problem which is becoming increasingly acute with factors such as population growth