FAO, WFP warn of looming widespread food crisis
(VOVWORLD) - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)on Thursday issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises in 20 ‘hunger hotspots’ where acute hunger is expected to worsen from June-September 2022.
 A store in Hasbaya, Libya sells wheat imported from Ukraine. (photo: VNA) |
The Hunger Hotspots – FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity report shows that Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen remain on ‘highest alert’ as hotspots with catastrophic conditions, and Afghanistan and Somalia are new entries to this worrisome category since the last hotspots report was released in January 2022
The report says that the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine have accelerated food and fuel prices in many nations across the globe, and millions of people in countries across the world into poverty and hunger.