Everyone knows the feeling of being hungry, however while most people in the developed world knows where their next meal is coming from, it’s very different if you’re one of the hundreds of millions who don’t get enough to eat every single day. Not knowing where the next meal will come from is called ‘food insecurity’.
Violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has driven more than 600,000 people (most of whom identify as Rohingya) across the border into Bangladesh, where they have joined more than 300,000 who fled in earlier waves of ethnic violence over the past three decades. The endless number of refugees fleeing from Myanmar has created impossible conditions…
With the world’s population projected to hit almost 9 billion by 2050 and food demand to rise by 60%, there is an urgent need to increase food production. We currently look to sustainable agricultural methods to increase food supply and reduce undernourishment and hunger felt by the world’s poor.