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The main conclusion of the survey is that per caput dietary energy supplies have continuedto increase in the developing countries as a whole, with the resultthat, during the two decades from 1969-71, the prevalence of foodinadequacy declined: 20 percent of the total population had inadequateaccess to food in 1990-92 compared with 35 percent two decadesago. Even more remarkable was the improvement in absolute terms,i.e. fewer people faced inadequate food access in 1990-92 comparedwith 20 years ago, notwithstanding the addition of 1.5 billionpeople to the population of developing countries during this period.The number of people with inadequate access to food declined from918 million in 1969-71 to 906 million in 1979-81 and further to841 million in 1990-92. Nevertheless, this number was still veryhigh in 1990-92, as one out of five people in the developing worldfaced food inadequacy.

The Sixth World Food Survey provides a wealthof data, especially in its Appendix tables which will hopefullyassist national governments and international agencies in theirjoint effort to eliminate food inadequacy and undernutrition sothat, one day in the not too distant future, food security maybe guaranteed to all men and women everywhere.