Thank you for signing on to the 1billionhungry petition. By lending your voice to this growing global movement, you are helping to send a powerful message to world leaders: it is unacceptable that one billion people live in chronic hunger, and changing this reality should be our top priority.

Want to stay involved? Here are some ideas:

Ask your family, friends and colleagues to sign on to the petition at www.1billionhungry.org.

Learn more about hunger in the world by visiting FAO's "Hunger portal": www.fao.org/hunger.

Monitor the global food situation: www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation.

Make a donation to support small-scale community food production projects: getinvolved-donate.fao.org

Follow the Hunger Summit via Web cast and photo galleries, starting 16 November: www.fao.org/wsfs/world-summit/en/

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)