The total number affected by the global famine crisis will increase to 828 million during 2021, a sharp increase since 2020.
This indirectly signals that the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition by 2030 has not yet been achieved.
Citing a report released by the United Nations (UN), the figure recorded an increase of about 46 million compared to 2020 and 150 million since the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The 2022 edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, published July 6, presents updates on the state of food supply including the latest estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy eating.
It also reports on how the government is using support for agriculture to reduce the cost of a healthy diet, in addition to taking into account the limited natural resources available in most parts of the world.
Revealing the contents of the report, the hunger situation has not changed since 2015, and even the situation worsened in 2020 with a jump of 9.3% and an increase of 9.8% in 2021.
In addition, about 2.3 billion people in the world or 29.3% suffer from moderate food insecurity, an increase of 350 million people compared to before Covid-19.
The number of severe food insecurity increased to 924 million people or 11.7% of the population, an increase of 207 million in 2 years.
Meanwhile, the gender gap in food insecurity will also increase in 2021 with women at 31.9% while men 27.6%.
Also mentioned in the report, the number of individuals unable to follow a healthy diet rose to 3.1 billion by 2020 which also reflects the impact of inflation in food prices.
