food security

Describes the worldwide problem of poverty and food shortages that affect the population. Includes current statistics, maps, and charts.

Focuses on food a controversial topic of worldwide importance and offers a panoramic view of opinions selected from a diverse range of international sources, including journals, magazines, newspapers, speeches, government documents, organization newsletters, and position papers.

Discussions center around food insecurity, with essays for and against each topic.

Eleven-year-old Maria Luz and her family have a small farm in Honduras, but may not have enough food to sustain them for the year, so Maria's father must leave home to find work, leaving her in charge of the garden.