In 2021, around 768 million people were affected by hunger on average, around 46 million more than in the previous year, according to the annual report on the global supply situation presented yesterday.
“The numbers clearly point in the wrong direction,” said World Food Program (WFP) chief David Beasley. He called for helping the poorest communities to protect themselves against hunger. “If we had successfully engineered this in the past, the war in Ukraine would not have such disastrous global effects today.”
The curve for the past few years continues to point upwards. Even if the global economy recovers, the UN estimates there will still be 670 million hungry people in 2030. The world is moving backwards in its quest to end hunger by 2030, the experts wrote. The challenges of hunger and malnutrition are growing.
In the report, several organizations such as UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) describe the food supply situation and the quality of nutrition of the world population. They call for immediate action to fight hunger and for more investment in agriculture to make production more resilient to crises.
Source: Nachrichten
