Hunger in the world is increasing, food alarm for 260 million people

I’m almost 260 million people who suffer from Hunger in the world. Indeed, in just one year, those affected by “severe food insecurity” they have gone from 21.3% in 2021 to the 22.7% of 2022 with an increase of 1.4%

Fao, world hunger on the rise due to war and economic crisis

58 countries and territories involved, compared to 193 million people across the 53 countries in 2021, with a further increase for the fourth consecutive year. To say it is the annual report 2023 FAO-UN-EU Food Programme

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Also in the 2022 conflicts have been the main cause of overcome food criseshowever, in 27 countriesfrom the economic shocks that have hit 83.9 million people

The insecurity acute foodthe report notes, represents a immediate threat for the means of subsistence and the life of people slipping them into famine

From the 2016the number of people living in conditions of food stress has more than tripled, gone from 83.3 million to 253 million in 2022. The report highlights the protracted nature of many food crises

The ten biggest food crises in 2022 involving 163 million of people representing the 63% of the total global populationin order of magnitude are those in Democratic Republic of CongoEthiopia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Yemen, Myanmar, the Syrian Arab Republic, Sudan, Ukraine and Pakistan

In the 58 countries/territories of food crisis analyzed by the report, over 35 million children under 5 yearsi have suffered from wasting. As for the causes of acute food insecurity are mutually reinforcing, creating negative spiral effects

“A very worrying picture” according to the director of the FAO Emergencies and Resilience Office, Rein Paulsen. “Four reports, for four consecutive years – he underlines – have recorded a constant worsening of the situation. Urgent action is needed, of scale, and on the correct type of action to undertake to deal with the situation”

Economic resilience of poor countries has fallen sharply over the past three years, now facing long recovery periods and a lower ability to do facing future shocks

Conflict was the most significant factor in 19 countries/territoriesinvolving 117 million people against i 139 million of 2021; a decline due to the onset of the economic shocks that overtook the war in Afghanistan, the Syrian Arab Republic and South Sudan

Meteorological-climatic extremes are responsible for hunger in 12 countries where 56.8 million people, against i 23.5 million eight countries in 2021. The findings of the report then confirm the‘negative impact of the war in Ukraine

After the peak of the first half of 2022food prices have fallen but the war continues to have an indirect effect on food safetyparticularly in low-income countries dependent on food imports

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