Today more than a billion people in the world are hungry, the result of flawed policies mainly, but also of wars and revolutions and of natural hazards like floods, droughts, pests and diseases compounded, nowadays, by climate change.

But one huge hunger-maker lurks largely unnoticed ...

"Maybe it's because weeds are not very spectacular," says weed expert Ricardo Labrada-Romero.  "Droughts, insects and diseases like Swine Flu are attention-grabbers because their effects are dramatic. Weeds are different. They play havoc quietly all year round, year after year."

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