According to Unicef's latest State of the World's Children's report, India has the worst indicators of child malnutrition in South Asia: 48% of under fives in India are stunted, compared to 43% in Bangladesh and 37% in Pakistan.Meanwhile 30% of babies in India are born underweight, compared to 22% in Bangladesh and 19% in Pakistan. Unicef calculates that 40% of all underweight babies in the world are Indian.
Put all that in hard numbers and the figures are stark. Fifty million Indian under fives are affected by malnutrition. Rising food prices, Unicef says mean 1.5 to 1.8 million more children in India alone could end up malnourished.
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I'm not exactly sure where this rice goes, but the idea is cool. The more definitions you get correct, the more rice is donated to the UN World Food Program. So hungry people get food, and you get new words to use! Win-win?
Sorry, you can find out where the rice goes by looking at their FAQ page, or the UN World Food Program page. D'oh for not reading everything BEFORE I post...
You should look up the video on Monsanto at Google Video "Controlling our Food". The original title in French is "Le monde d'après Monsanto".
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