New Delhi, July 20 -- In what could be food for thought for many of us as we sit by the table and relish our favorite dish and drink, an estimated 82 crore people i.e. one out of nine persons in the world, did not have enough to eat in 2018. The number is up by over one crore from 81.1 crore in the previous year, which is the third year of increase in a row, a UN report has said.

The chances of being food insecure are higher for women than men in every continent, 'The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World' report released recently said asserting that this underscores the immense challenge of achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger by 2030.

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) 2018 report says that aro...