Book Description
Not too long ago, only poets and dreamers imagined a world without hunger and starvation. Today, the world's expert community--scientists, agricultural specialists, development professionals, working with governments, the UN and private voluntary organizations--is united in its declaration that hunger can be eliminated from the face of our planet by the year 2000. Compiled by the Hunger Project--a non-profit group established in 1977--Ending Hunger: An Idea Whose Time Has Come is the definitive source and reference book to one of the greatest opportunities humanity has ever faced--the end of hunger by the end of the century. Written in response to a growing grassroots demand for up-to-date information about world hunger and how to end it, Ending Hunger brings together for the first time in one place the full range of expert thinking and approaches to eradicating humanity's oldest and most persistent enemy. A product of five years researchwithtthe essential information, facts and data they need to learn about how they can help to end hunger.

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can make it available as an eBook on Amazon.com. Learn more

I own it Not rated Your rating Don't like it < > I love it! Save your rating    ? 1 2 3 4 5

2 Reviews 5 star:  (1) 4 star:  (1) 3 star:    (0) 2 star:    (0) 1 star:    (0)           Average Customer Review (2 customer reviews)		Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews   Beautifully illustrated introduction to hunger issues, June 14, 2004 By  Geneva Hagen (Victoria, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews I was active in The Hunger Project (http://www.thp.org) when this "coffee table book" on world hunger was still just a dream - and back when we still expected to be able to end world hunger by the year 2000. It's a large glossy paperback that has wonderful photographs from around the world and makes a sincere effort to present the facts and issues of world hunger from a politically neutral perspective, giving equal weight to all major viewpoints. The text is as dry as the illustrations are lavish. Its attempt to be fair, ironically, is the book's major shortcoming. World hunger is not a morally neutral, unfortunate situation that just happened, and not all viewpoints are equally valid. Enjoy this book for the pictures, the information and - yes - to explore the various viewpoints from what attempts to be a neutral point of view. But to really find out about the underpinnings of world hunger, track down a used copy of Food First, by Frances Moore Lappe (now out of print, unfortunately). The more modest Millennium Development Goals aim to halve world hunger by the year 2015, but world leaders still aren't acting like they mean it. However, a comparison of stats shows that infant mortality rates have been steadily going down in most hungry nations except those in Africa. In spite of all, the world may be making some progress toward ending hunger.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   an awakening to what most of us have never imagined, August 20, 1999 By A Customer where are the 1+ million people who took a stand on ending hunger on the planet today? Can their committment for creating a better world stand on the shoulders of the first group creating a fresh idea to make a difference. This book leads me to believe we can.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (