Acute food insecurity at 5-year high in 2020 due to war, economic crisis, extreme weather: UN agencies

Acute food insecurity at 5-year high in 2020 due to war, economic crisis, extreme weather: UN agencies
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Updated: 2021-05-06 11:11
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Children receive food from a charity group in Hajjah province, Yemen, March 4, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
ROME - Conflicts, economic crises and extreme weather conditions pushed the number of people who faced acute food insecurity to 155 million in 2020, the highest figure in five years, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other agencies said here on Wednesday.
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu has called for "addressing the root causes of acute hunger, and for making agri-food systems more efficient, resilient, sustainable and inclusive."

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