[extropy-chat] gm biodiesel 'em

[Alfio Puglisi]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Jack Parkinson wrote:

>>
> Yes! I see - thanks for the refs. It would be wonderful if one problem
> cancelled the other, but this is unfortunately not the case.

It seems so. I found the following table on the FAO website 
(http://www.fao.org/es/ess/faostat/foodsecurity/Files/PrevalenceUndernourishment.xls):

Prevalence of undernourishment in total population (percent):

Numbers are percentages for 1969-1971, 1979-1981, 1990-1992, 1993-1995, 
1995-1997 and 2000-2002. Fixed-spacing font needed to see the table 
correctly, alas...

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC            41 32 20    17 16
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 20 13 13    11 10
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA      23  9  8    10 10
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA              36 37 36    36 33
CIS/Baltic/East europe                    6     7


It seems that, apart from Africa where malnutrition levels are relatively 
stable, the rest of the world is getting better.

I don't find West europe or north america, but I guess their percentages 
are low.

Alfio