HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) paints a picture of persistent nutrition problems due to vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and stunted growth in its latest snapshot of the Europe and Central Asia.*

A man sells potatoes in the street outside the central market in Yerevan, Armenia. Photo: FAO/Johan Spanner

On the eve of its biennial Regional Conference for Europe – in Bucharest, Romania – FAO concludes that although caloric intake in the 53-country region should see hunger fall to less than 1 per cent by 2050, nutrition problems continue in some of the countries today. “Caloric intake as a measure of undernourishment is currently not the major problem,” reveals the document.