Niger’s food emergency has reached the world’s headlines, but the crisis there is only one part of a much larger disaster. On an extended trip this summer through rural areas of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa on behalf of the United Nations, I visited countless villages afflicted with extreme hunger and struggling to survive against the odds.
尼日尔的粮食紧缺状况已经见诸世界各地的报端，然而那里的危机仅仅是更大规模灾难的一部分。今夏，我代表联合国在亚洲、中东和非洲的农村地区进行了长时间的访问，走访了无数陷于饥荒、挣扎在生死线上的村庄。