Half-a-million Batswana are hungry - report

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) 2009 report indicates that many Batswana do not get the quality of food they need to be in a healthy state of mind and body. The report entitled 'The state of food Insecurity in the World' was released last week. It said that 500,000 people in Botswana, which translates to over a quarter of 1.8 million population, are hungry.

The report which uses the words hunger and undernourishment interchangeably defines a person with no food security  as one  who does not have the physical, social and economic access  to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets his or her dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.