United Nations Report: Albania, Serbia, poorest states in Europe

Climate levels are increasing in the world: in 2017, for the third year, the number of people suffering from persistent food shortages has increased.

Changes in temperature and natural phenomena such as drought and floods are one of the main causes of the food crisis, quoted in a joint report by five UN agencies.

In 2017, about 821 million people suffered hunger, compared to 804 million in 2016, where Africa was the most affected continent, with almost 21% of the malnutrition population, told AFP-in Dominice Burgeon, Emergency Director of the Agriculture and Food Organisation (FAO).

According to the same criterion, 11.4% of Asia's non-executive population -- 6.1% in Latin America and the Caribbean -- 7% in the ocean, and less than 2.5% in North America and Europe -- is highlighted in the report prepared by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).

In Europe, the two are the countries that hunger more than others -- Albania (5.5% of the population) and Serbia (with 5.6%).

Regaining the hunger train

On a global level, the number of blank “” in 2017 was the same as the number 10 years ago, which reflects the change of the global train falling since 2015.

“We are concerned about worsening the situation in South America, Burgeon said, adding that Venezuela has been affected by a difficult economic crisis.

However, the “food crisis is the most present in countries in war, such as the Yemeni Republic, where 35% of the population is malnourished, the expert added.

The report analyzes in detail <x0 climate and extreme climate sustainability”, defined as the key “s in the world's recent hunger growth”.

More and more evidence shows that climate change is already affecting agriculture and food safety”, the report says.

“Midis 1986 and 2006, there have been dramatic increases in climate-related natural disasters, which make up 80% of all natural disasters”, said Burgeon: early, delayed or completely extinct seasons in some parts of the planet have a major impact on agricultural crops”.

“over the past ten years, 36% of countries that have experienced an increase in malnutrition also experienced a drought,”, the expert sums up.

FAO and UN recommend a series of agricultural techniques to be implemented according to local contexts, to adapt to climate change and to preserve crops, the monitor writes.