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Global Report on Food Crises

April 4 , 2019 1968 days 723 0
  • The European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) jointly presented a report on global food crises.
  • It finds that around 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018.
  • Nearly two-thirds of those facing acute hunger are in just 8 countries: Afghanistan, Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
  • Acute food insecurity is the most extreme form of hunger.

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