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COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2018

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serious socioeconomic challenges both for households and policy makers in the developing

regions of Asia & Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America & Caribbean where the majority

of the OIC member countries are located.

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Figure 31. Undernourished People in the OIC and its Share in the World

Source: Annex 38

At the sub- regional level, despite of the higher proportion of undernourishment in the African

Group, Asian Group has almost half of the total undernourished people in the OIC member

countries due to its high population. Figure 32 shows that as of 2014-2016, 98.6 million

undernourished people are expected to live in the Asian Group, which accounts for nearly 60

percent of undernourished population in the OIC.

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SESRIC, 2015

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World Total Number of Undernourished People

OIC Undernourished People Share in the World