The industrial Green Revolution has not, and cannot, feed the world. Instead of helping people feed themselves,
it has created a cycle of dependency. In a world of 6.5 billion people, some 923 million people are seriously
undernourished (FAO SOFI Report 2007) with more than two billion people suffering from micronutrient
malnutrition, or ‘hidden hunger’ caused by inadequate and non-diversified diets (FAO SOFI Report 2002).
25,000 men, women and children die each day from starvation (World Health Report 2000). Experts project
that the world food supply will need to double again over the next 40 years to feed our planet’s population.