United Nations, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) About 12% of global population faced a seriously food insecurity in 2020, a scourge that is currently affecting people from rich countries.
Famine Relief Blocked by Bullets, Red tape and Lack of Funding – Acute Food Insecurity Reaches New Highs human-wrongs-watch.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from human-wrongs-watch.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Food price volatility and inflation in low-income countries worldbank.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from worldbank.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Global efforts must be ramped up to stem poverty
07 May 2021 A woman scavenges a waste dump for foodstuff and other items on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India. Reuters The report that nearly 20 million more people faced food crises last year amid armed conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and weather extremes is alarming. But this is not the end of the story. The outlook for this year is very grim, according to a report by the Global Network Against Food Crises.
The humanitarian agency, set up in 2016 by the European Union and United Nations, also warned that acute food insecurity has continued to worsen since 2017, the first year of its annual report into food crises.