U.N. agency says food prices are to blame for an increase in hunger . The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Tuesday that the number of people who go hungry every day has increased by nearly a third since 2008. The number of hungry had been increasing over the years before the rise in food prices , with warfare and political instability continuing to be among the factors causing poverty . It is an increase of 40 million people over the past year .
U.N. agency says food prices are to blame for an increase in hunger . The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Tuesday that the number of people who go hungry every day has increased by nearly a third since 2008. It is an increase of 40 million people over the past year .