Hunger is one of the indicators of the magnitude of social injustices that Smart City World Congress www.smartcityexpo.com ex ist in the world. Its ex istence can be traced back v ery many y ears back. The French Rev olution in the 1 8th Century was driv en not only by demands for political freedom, but also by the lack of bread in Paris. Food has been the cause and effect of many riots occurring whenev er gov ernment policies caused sev ere economic hardship and clashed with the basic human right to food. Tea was a non-edible food item that was used as a protest tool by a group of Boston citizens, to protest the British tax on tea imported to the colonies. The food crises around the world prompted the establishment of the World Food Programme. In addition, many other United Nations agencies hav e included hunger or food security in their work programmes. These include: The United Nations Children Education Fund, the United Nations Dev elopment Programme, the World Health Organisation and the different United Nations missions to war torn countries. The term 'hunger' is loosely defined and the meaning is often adapted to serv e the purposes of those who may be ex periencing it. For many , especially in affluent countries, hunger is the gnawing pain in the stomach when a meal is missed. On the other ex treme, hunger is the phy sical depletion of those suffering from chronic under-nutrition. Hunger is, howev er, multi-dimensional, encompassing the emotional and political aspects of the society . It includes the anguish of a farmer faced with the choice of selling the produce from his farm, to pay rent for the land or feeding his family with the food. It inv olv es the grief of watching in helplessness as lov ed ones die for breaking the practices and policies set by a handful of elites. Restrictions and laws are put in place to ensure that the poor and hungry are forced