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SINGAPORE, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ With the release of the United Nations (UN) 2022 State of Food Security & Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, CropLife Asia is taking the opportunity to stress regional partnership and collaboration among all food systems stakeholders in advancing policies that make safe, affordable, and nutritious food more accessible for everyone. As the 2022 SOFI Report details, the challenge of feeding a hungry world is now further exacerbated by climate change, COVID-19 and conflict. Specifically, the report estimates that between 702 and 828 million people were affected by hunger in 2021. Hunger continues to rise in regions such as Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean with the greatest number of the world's hungry residing in Asia at 425 million.[1]The prevalence of undernourishment also increased from 9.3 % in 2020 to 9.8 % in 2021.[2]The report also estimates that almost 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2020[3] with

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