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Famine is increasing among the world’s population. Today, 2.3 billion people in the world have difficulty finding food, and up to 828 million were starving at the turn of the year, a new UN report shows.
The number suffering from hunger has increased by 46 million in 2021 compared to last year, according to the report. By then, Russia had not yet attacked Ukraine, which has further exacerbated the global food crisis.
This means that the UN’s goal of eliminating hunger and food shortages in all its forms by the year 2030, is becoming increasingly remote, writes the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (WFP).
Women are more likely than men to be short of food and this trend seems to be increasing. Last year, 31.9 percent of the world’s women had difficulty obtaining food, compared with 27.6 percent of men. This means that the gap between the sexes has increased by one percentage point compared to 2020, according to WFP.
“There is a real risk that the figures will worsen further in the coming months. The global price increases we see for food, fuel and fertilizers as a result of the war in Ukraine risk that more countries in the world will suffer from hunger “, writes WFP chief David Beasley.
The consequences can be instability and a mass migration of unimaginable proportions, he warns and continues:
“We must act today to avoid a looming catastrophe.”