• Food insecurity is a global problem
• Food shortage is a worldwide problem
The world is facing countless crises and challenges. The world has witnessed a number of interconnected challenges in which crises in one part of the world have given rise to unprecedented emergencies elsewhere. One of these challenges is the scale of the current global hunger and malnutrition crisis, that is very broad. One of these challenges is the scale of the current global hunger and malnutrition crisis, which has become so widespread that the United Nations has warned that if necessary measures are not taken, the current food crisis may turn into a global catastrophe in 2024.
Ongoing droughts and conflicts in many countries wreak havoc with economic shocks and extreme weather conditions.
The disruptions in the supply of grain caused by the war between Russia and Ukraine have deepened the food crisis to such an extent that millions of people are at risk of starvation. The global food crisis following the collapse of the Black Sea grain project is disproportionately affecting the global South, with approximately 238 million people in 48 countries facing severe food insecurity, an analysis of One in five people in the affected population is affected.
Global Report on Food Crises GFRC has confirmed the dismal reality of the world's food crisis in its mid-year data for 2023. In the new research report, the high inflation rate has emerged as the main problem. has come. Estimates from the United Nations show that it will be very difficult for the world to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, despite great progress. In the Global Report on Food Crisis report, the ten worst countries with food crisis are Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Sudan, Somalia, Myanmar, Syrian Arab Republic and Ukraine.
According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 report, the Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected the health, social and economic conditions of the most vulnerable population groups, regions and countries, Due to which the food security and nutritional situation worsened. The mid-2021 edition of the report estimated that between 720 and 81 million people were hungry in 2020. Millions of people are not eating healthy and nutritious food due to high spending and low affordability. In 2020, compared to 2019, 18 million states around the world tried to tighten monetary policy by increasing interest rates.
Such fiscal measures have further burdened developing countries struggling with high debt burdens and currency devaluations. WFP estimates that more than 345 million people face food insecurity in 2023, based on data from 79 countries. This is double the number of 2020. At least 129,000 people are expected to be affected by famine in Burkina Faso, Mali, Somalia and South Sudan, with further funding gaps and aid cuts likely to increase the estimate.
As of August 2023, in the 21 countries affected by food crisis, where data were available, about 27.2 million children under the age of five were suffering from severe malnutrition, of which 7.2 million children needed urgent treatment.
East Africa is the region most affected by the food crisis, with approximately 65 million people experiencing severe food insecurity, with an increase of eight million in 2022, mainly due to the ongoing conflict in Sudan, which has since 3.5 million people have been displaced till April.
The FAO has issued a warning that immediate action is needed to address the global food crisis as the number of hungry people experiencing extreme food insecurity and shortages of life-saving food is rising alarmingly. Weak nations require assistance in establishing food stockpiles and buffer stocks.
Causes of food crises
2. Drought and dry weather
3. Political compulsion
4. Increased consumption of dairy products and meat
5. Declining global aid
6. Conflict and warfare
7. Rapid population growth
8. Excessive increase in the price of fertilizers
9. Shortage of water supply to crops
10. Increase in interest rates
11. Increase in gas and oil prices
12. Crops are attacked by insects and locusts.
13. Lack of agricultural land
14. Food delivery disruption
15. Increasing prices and inadequacy of food supply sources.
16. The global aid crisis
17. Disease
18. Food costs rise.
19. Climate change and global warming.
20. Limited access to agricultural lands
21. Land grabbing
22. Unfair trade regulations
23. Natural catastrophe
24. Food wastage
25. Corporate giants' hegemony in the market.
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