Due to the war in Ukraine, the number of people on the verge of starvation may increase by 70 million
17.10.2022 - 11:15
At the beginning of the year, more than 190 million people in the world were in conditions of acute shortage of food. Due to russian war in Ukraine, their number may increase by 70 million.
North-Eastern Africa, Pakistan, and Somalia are among the regions and countries most affected by food shortages.
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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced this on World Food Day.
“Food systems and global food security are currently at a critical juncture. The combined impact of the global pandemic, the pressures of the climate crisis, high energy and fertilizer prices, and armed conflicts, including russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, have disrupted production and supply chains and dramatically increased global food insecurity, especially for the most vulnerable.” — noted Blinken.
He recalled that this year more than a hundred countries supported the Roadmap for Global Food Security, which includes measures to combat the crisis, including increasing fertilizer production and investing in climate-resilient agriculture.
