Hungry-kids-ethiopia-USAIDThere is some good news when it comes to the battle against global hunger. The United Nations today lowered its estimate of the number of hungry people world wide by nearly 10 percent, a drop of 98 million.

The lower number is a result of the stronger economic growth expected this year in developing countries and a drop in food prices that has occurred since the spike in 2008, according to the UN’s World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization.

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