Africa-Press – Botswana. “Sombre” is how the Global Hunger Index 2022 classifies the situation of hunger in the world, aggravated by the latest crises and those currently underway: impact of the covid-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine and climate change.
“As the 2022 Global Hunger Index (IGF) shows, the global hunger situation is grim. The overlapping crises facing the world are revealing the failures of food systems, from global to local, and highlighting the vulnerability populations around the world in relation to hunger”, reads its latest report, released today.
In the document, the IGF denounces that “the percentage of people without regular access to sufficient calories is increasing”, compared to “about 828 million undernourished people in 2021, which represents a reversal of more than a decade of progress in the fight hunger”, due to “a wave of crises”.
The study predicts that “the situation is likely to worsen in the face of the current wave of overlapping global crises – conflict, climate change and the economic repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic – all of which are powerful drivers of hunger”.
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