SUKKUR: A `World Hunger Day` was observed onMondaybythe Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek and Roots for Equity in collaboration with the Asian Peasant Coalition and Pesticide Action Network.

A peasant gathering was organised in Ghotki to observe the `World Hunger Day` which was otherwise the World Food Day.

According to a recent report by Unicef and the World Bank, about 333 million children (one in every six children) worldwide live in extreme poverty while 62 million children in South Asia are living in the same condition.

The World Food Programme estimates that 345 million people worldwide suffer from severe hunger while according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, the number of people suffering from hunger in the world in 2022 was between 691 million and 783 million. -Correspondent