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Aid  Ten women united in fight against hunger  The United
Nations marked World Food Day on Tuesday, using the occasion to
remind people there are still millions starving around the
world. In South Africa, a women's cooperative is fighting hunger
on a local level.  They could be setting themselves up for
retirement. South Africa guarantees everyone aged over 60 a
state funded pension. Instead, 10 women aged in their 50s and
60s fill their days working long hours in the fields. Together,
they founded the Moepa Thutse Secondary Agricultural Cooperative
in 2007. The women now oversee an area of land, approximately 25
hectares (62 acres) in size in the Zuurberkom district, south of
Johannesburg.  Five years after its inception, the cooperative
is rearing pigs, poultry and growing an assortment of vegetables
for market. But it hasn't all been smooth sailing for the women.
Paying back debt, and erecting