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World hunger survey

Mr. Presentable · 2008-06-24 12:56:51

Last month, a world-wide survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was... : "Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?" The survey was a huge failure because...: In Africa they didn't know what " food " means. In Eastern Europe they didn't know…

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Last month, a world-wide survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was... :

"Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?"

The survey was a huge failure because...:

In Africa they didn't know what " food " means.

In Eastern Europe they didn't know what " honest " means.

In Western Europe they didn't know what " shortage " means.

In China they didn't know what " opinion " means.

In the Middle East they didn't know what " solution" means.

In South America they didn't know what " please " means.

In the USA they didn't know what " the rest of the world " means

Yasamin O. Izadkhah, BA MEd PhD PgC
Research Associate,
Humanitarian Resilience Centre, DCMT,
Cranfield University

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