The United Nations agricultural agency today called for greater efforts bring the food crisis in the Horn of Africa under control, saying that famine conditions had spread to a sixth area in Somalia,
The United Nations agricultural agency today called for greater efforts bring the food crisis in the Horn of Africa under control, saying that famine conditions had spread to a sixth area in Somalia, putting an estimated 750,000 people in the country at risk of starvation over the next four months.
The latest data released by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit for Somalia (FSNAU), which is managed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), indicated that famine has spread to the Bay region, one of Somalia’s most productive areas. Famine was earlier declared in five other areas in southern and central Somalia.
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Addressing food insecurity
July 04, 2021
While addressing the recently held National Kissan Convention, Prime Minister Imran Khan asserted that food insecurity remains one of the biggest challenges in Pakistan and that the country must act immediately to protect the population. But while the PM did mention that importing raw materials for food such as wheat impacts foreign exchange reserves, he failed to acknowledge that high inflation, poverty and unemployment are also a part of the issue.
Despite the fact that the agriculture sector is producing food in a surplus, poor households across Pakistan remain extremely vulnerable to food insecurity due to a lack of access. One cannot undermine the fact that inflation recorded at a nine-year high at 14.6% in January is a major factor since it has a direct impact on the purchasing power of poor households. According to a recent survey conducted by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, around 3.8 million people are curren