|
Global Report on Food Crises: acute hunger still affecting over 100 million people worldwide
02.04.2019 19:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of today, a new report has been presented jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), FAO says.
It is to be admitted, the new report is tittled The Global Report on Food Crises; its shows that around 113 million people within 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity within 2018 (down against 124 million within 2017).
As to the Report, about two-thirds of those facing acute hunger are concentrated within just 8 countries: Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
While commenting on the report, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica said, «Food insecurity remains a global challenge. That’s why, from 2014 to 2020, the EU will have provided nearly ˆ9 billion for initiatives on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture in over 60 countries. Today’s Global Report highlights the need for a strengthened cooperation between humanitarian, development and peace actors to reverse and prevent food crises. A stronger Global Network can help deliver change on the ground for the people who really need it.»
In meanwhile, the experts admit that the Report findings are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links together prevention, preparedness and response to address urgent humanitarian needs and root causes, which include climate change, economic shocks, conflict and displacement. It further highlights the need for a unified approach and action across the humanitarian and development dimensions of food crises, and for more investment in conflict mitigation and sustainable peace.
Also available:
|
| |
|
|