Developing nations face malnutrition threat | Katine | guardian.co.uk

Developing nations face malnutrition threat | Katine | guardian.co.uk:

"Hellen Apale knows how important it is that her children get a good diet. She knows that at eight months pregnant, she needs to be eating well and eating regularly for the health of her unborn baby. The problem is she has no food.

'We had a really bad harvest, there was a drought which came early last year and it has affected everyone,' she says, gesturing to the scrubby field outside her home, where cassava plants wilt in the brown cracked earth. 'It's not how it used to be when we could easily grow enough to feed everybody. Children are falling sick easily, sometimes we can only feed the family one meal a day.' [...]"