Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs
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30 July 2021, Rome
- Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine, warn the UN s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today.
Bureaucratic obstacles as well as a lack of funding also hamper the two UN agencies efforts to provide emergency food assistance and enable farmers to plant at scale and at the right time.
Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs - 30 July 2021 - World
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