3 minutes agoUN: World hunger seized, dark prospects in 2020
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)One in nine human beings has suffered from chronic food shortages in 2019, a proportion expected to deteriorate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an annual UN report published today. “According to recent estimates, hunger last year affected some 690 million people, or 8.9% of the world's population”, it says in [...]
One in nine human beings has suffered from chronic food shortages in 2019, a proportion expected to deteriorate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an annual UN report published today.
“According to recent estimates, hunger last year affected some 690 million people, or 8.9% of the world's population”, says a report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), revised with the help of the International Fund for Agriculture Development, U n NICEF, World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.
About 10 million more than 2018, and 60 million more than 2014, reports ATS.
If this tendency continues, it is estimated that by 2030, this number will exceed 840 million people. This means that the goal of ending hunger by 2030, located by the UN in 2015, is not on track”, noted Thibault Meilland, an FAO policy analyst.
And it was in spite of the health and economic shock caused by the pandemic of COVID-19, which generated revenue losses, increased food prices and disruptions of supply chains...
According to the report, the global recession caused by the new coronary is likely to cause hunger to 83-12 million more people.
