The global epidemic of Corona has exacerbated the number of people suffering from food insecurity
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The global epidemic of Corona has exacerbated the number of people suffering from food insecurity. Corona’s economic crisis has reduced relief efforts, and millions of people in poorer countries are heading for famine. According to a study by the United Nations, food insecurity and its effects are growing rapidly in the regions affected by the global epidemic, and the world’s poorest countries have seen a sharp increase over the past year. The report states that in 2019, 24 million people in 8 countries were suffering from food insecurity, after Corona, more than 40 million people in 17 countries have suffered from food crisis. This was revealed after a study by the Global Network Against Food Crisis, which looked at the three factors that made the food crisis worse, conflict and war, code. 19 related economic factors and climate change were included.
According to the Global Network Against Food Crises, a joint venture between the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations World Food Program, 155 million people from 55 countries, from Haiti to Syria, Reliance is largely on welfare aid, classified as a crisis, which means they are in urgent need of food, and that number has grown by 20 million since 2019. Luca Russo, a senior official at the Food and Agriculture Organization for Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation and co-author of the study, says Corona and war are a toxic combination. 155 million people are in crisis and 28 million of them are starving. Are close and the situation could get worse in the coming weeks. He called on the international community to extend maximum assistance to countries that are 97% dependent on foreign aid. Most food insecure countries have been the victims of wars or conflicts in the past or recent, including the Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and Sudan. In the report, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that hunger and war mutually reinforce each other and that we must find common solutions to fight hunger and war to save people from famine. , Wars and conflicts force people to leave their homes, land and jobs. It affects agriculture and trade, depletes vital resources such as water and electricity, and causes hunger and famine. In Syria alone, 60 percent of the population is food insecure due to the war.
