Hunger is worsening. More than one billion people were undernourished in 2009 – more than ever before. Every day thousands of people die in developing countries as a result of undernourishment, more than half of them children under the age of five. In cooperation with other donors Germany is intensively involved in the war on hunger and poverty. Achieving food security, promoting agriculture and developing rural areas, while protecting natural resources are important goals of German development cooperation.
