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To help poor farmers conserve their scarce arable land for the future, Action Against Hunger implemented a sustainable community-based agriculture program. In areas affected by recurrent drought, ACF promoted a variety of measures to preserve moisture and avoid soil erosion, from introducing environmentally-friendly manure, to teaching crop rotation techniques, to offering solutions to the problem of livestock overgrazing.

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Action Against Hunger is internationally recognized as a leader in the fight against global malnutrition. Action Against Hunger works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. With over 30 years of expertise in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity, Action Against Hunger runs life-saving programs in some 40 countries benefiting 5 million people each year.

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Facts about Hunger

925 million people suffer from hunger and malnutrition around the world. 

Malnutrition affects 32.5% of children in developing countries.

1 out of every 6 infants are born with low birth weight due to undernutrition among pregnant women in developing countries.

1 out of every 3 people in developing countries are affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Hunger is number one on the list of the world's top 10 health risks. It kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

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