ActionAid reports on how the G8 has contributed to the global food crisis, and details what they can do to stop it.

Only three short years after the G8 pledged to 'make poverty history,' a global food crisis is making poverty in historically large proportions. And the G8 has so far done nothing to stop it.

The ranks of the hungry have swelled to over 950 million this year, and ActionAid estimates that a further 750 million are now at risk of falling into chronic hunger. As many as 1.7bn people, or 25 percent of the world's population, may now lack of basic food security.

G8 leaders can, and must take bold steps in Hokkaido to prevent world hunger spiralling further out of control. ActionAid believes that a range of G8 actions could literally make the difference between life and death for millions in the developing world who can no longer buy or grow enough food to eat.