ROME, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Acute food insecurity is expected to worsen in 22 countries due to multiple escalating factors, two United Nations (UN) agencies have warned in a report released on Thursday. The "Hunger Hotspots - FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity" report assesses 1...
KINSHASA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- About 25.6 million people, or 22 percent of the population in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are experiencing high acute food insecurity, said the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday. The most affected populations, it said, are ma...
aFood insecurity remains high in most of sub-Saharan African. That insecurity is made even more acute by the increasing scarcity and degradation of natural resources. Low soil fertility is a consistent problem faced by agriculturalists and herders. The dominant international thrust to increase food ...
More than 850,000 people face acute food insecurity in Somalia, UN food assessment shows 31 August 2015 – Somalia’s humanitarian situation remains “alarming” four years after a devastating famine with the number of people requiring emergency aid rising 17 per cent to more than 850,000 and ...
2024. About 1.84 million people across the Gaza Strip are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, including nearly 133,000 people facing catastrophic food insecurity, according to a recent report released by the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization. (Photo by Riz...
24 (Xinhua) -- The number of people facing acute food insecurity rose to some 282 million in 2023, the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday. This is an increase of 24 million since 2022, the FAO stressed in its latest Global Report on Food ...
According to the UN, food insecurity and malnutrition are expected to deteriorate further and faster between June and September, and if humanitarian food assistance is not scaled up and sustained, then approximately 7.1 million people (or 45 percent of the total population) are expected to face a...
Last year 9.8 million people in Sudan faced acute food insecurity, he said. Some 18 million are threatened to be in the category by September. "Crop and livestock production has dropped by up to half in 14 states across Sudan when compared to the last five-year average," Haq said. "The...
The report says food insecurity is particularly severe among internally displced persons (IDPs) in Leer, the majority of whom are displaced to nearby swamps and lack access to food aid or basic health services. "Although Unity hosts the largest number of IDPs, internal displacement has increased...
UNITED NATIONS, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Around 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, slightly down from 124 million in 2017, said a UN spokesperson Tuesday. Nearly two thirds of those facing acute hunger are in eight countries: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic...