The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) have warned of the widespread food crisis as hunger threatens stability in dozens of countries.
In the joint written statement of the FAO and WFP, whose headquarters are in Rome, the war, extreme weather conditions, economic shocks, the lasting effects of the Kovid-19 epidemic and the war in Ukraine pushed millions of people to hunger and poverty, and the increase in food and fuel prices also put the countries in instability. said to have taken.
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In the statement, it was noted that the situation worsened with the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine, which led to increased food and fuel prices in many countries.
In the context of early warning of acute food insecurity, FAO and WFP identified 20 hotspots where hunger will increase in the June-September 2022 period and called for urgent humanitarian aid to prevent hunger and save livelihoods.
FAO Director-General, Zhou Dongyu, whose views were included in the statement, expressed their deep concern about the combined effects of the crises leading to acute food insecurity.
WFP Executive Director David Beasley stated that the current conditions are much worse than the 2011 Arab Spring period and the food price crisis of 2007-2008, and that it is necessary to act quickly.
It was stated that among the 20 hot spots where FAO and WFP expect hunger to worsen until September 2022, there are places with a “catastrophic” situation in the hunger category such as Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia and Afghanistan. (AA)