Acute food insecurity globally at 5-yr high: UN agencies
Acute food insecurity globally at 5-yr high: UN agencies
Last Updated: Thu, May 6th, 2021, 09:20:08hrs
Rome, May 6 (IANS) Global conflicts, economic crises and extreme weather conditions have pushed the number of people who faced acute food insecurity to 155 million in 2020, the highest figure in five years, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other agencies said.
On Wednesday, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu called for "addressing the root causes of acute hunger, and for making agri-food systems more efficient, resilient, sustainable and inclusive", reports Xinhua news agency.
The situation was described in the "2021 Global Report on Food Crises" issued by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC), an international alliance bringing together the UN's FAO and World Food Program (WFP), the European Union (EU), governmental agencies and non-profit organizations.