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RSSAcute hunger persists above 100 million for third year in a row, according to FAO’s report
Tags: FOOD CRISIS, HUNGER, MALNUTRITION, SYRIA CRISIS, YEMEN CRISIS, LAKE CHAD BASIN CRISIS, DROUGHT IN THE HORN OF AFRICA, DRC CRISIS, SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS, CAR CRISIS, CONFLICT, NATURAL DISASTERS, GLOBAL REPORT ON FOOD CRISES, RESILIENCE, VIDEO,
Apr 2019
A report presented today jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that around 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared to 124 million in 2017. The biggest increases were recorded in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Zambia.