Severe food shortage in 2022

Causes of the situation lack of food The above seriousness is due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis, especially in low-income countries. This is the warning in a recently published United Nations report.

The report was co-published by 17 agencies, including the World Food Program and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The report covers the food situation of 53 countries in 2021 and forecasts the situation in 2022 for 41 countries.

In 2021, 193 million people in 53 countries are at risk of food insecurity, a significant increase from the previous year, while the global food security situation is expected to worsen this year, the report said. .

As Russia and Ukraine are the world’s top exporters of food, conflict between the two sides could exacerbate the conflict, the report warned. food crisis exist.

193 million people in 53 countries are at risk of food insecurity. (Photo: World Food Program)

No country currently can offset the wheat exports of Russia and Ukraine, which account for a third of global supply. This makes the search food supply threatens to become a major problem in the world within the next year.

Two years ago, World Food Program (WFP) Director David Beasley warned that about 270 million people worldwide are on the brink of starvation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, the United Nations warns, due to the influence of Russia’s special military campaign in Ukraine, some countries are facing the risk of serious food shortages such as Haiti and Yemen.

Mr. David Beasley said that the world will clearly see the true scale of this problem in the fall.

The countries of North Africa and the Middle East depend most on grain supplies from Russia and Ukraine. However, Western countries also face difficulties.

Logistics difficulties on the border with Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland make Ukraine can only export to Europe 600,000 tons of grain / month, instead of 5 million tons / month as before.

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