A third of the world faces food shortages
About 2.3 on the planet in 2021 billion people face food shortages, of which at least 702 million are hungry, that is, on a permanent basis food suffers from scarcity.
About this, the United Nations (UN) says in its report on food security and nutrition. According to the report, 31.9 percent of women and 27.6 percent of men in the world occasionally food not enough Moreover, the gap between them has increased by 1 percentage point since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is reported that About 45 million under the age of 5 child halfhungry– suffer from a fatal form of undernutrition – this is 6.7 percent of all children. At the same time, 39 million or 5.7 percent of children of the same age were obese.
It is emphasized that more than half of those suffering from hunger live in Asia, another third in Africa, and the rest in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The situation has worsened since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine continues to worsen due to climate change, – UN states.
It is also noted that Russia with Ukraine are the world’s two largest producers of grains, oilseeds and fertilizers. The war disrupted international supply chains, raising the price of grain, fertilizer and energy carriers, resulting in poor children. medical the price of food has risen.
In addition, it is reported that supply chains, especially in low-income countries, are also affected by extreme natural events caused by climate change.
It is emphasized that all these factors threaten food security on Earth.
The authors of the report predict that even with the recovery of the global economy, by 2030, 8 percent of the world’s people will still hunger will take This figure UNcan be compared with the data of 2015, when the program to fight hunger was adopted.