DThe number of people at risk of hunger has increased worldwide, according to one Significant increase this year. As the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) announced in Rome on Monday, 42 million people were threatened with hunger at the beginning of the year, and 45 million are now.
As the World Food Program further announced, the new population threatened by hunger is mainly registered in Afghanistan. “Tens of millions of people are staring into the abyss. Conflict, climate change and Covid-19 have caused a surge in hunger,” said David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme. “The latest survey shows that more than 45 million people are on the verge of starvation.”
In crisis countries such as Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan, rising prices of fuel, food and fertilizer have worsened the situation. In Syria alone, there are 12.4 million people, or nearly 60% of the population, in a situation where they don’t know where to eat their meal.
The situation in Syria is particularly bad
Welthungerhilfe warned as early as June, The number of people in need of help in Syria, which is dependent on humanitarian aid, will increase sharplyThe United Nations Agriculture Organization’s Food and Agriculture Organization predicts that compared with the previous year, the harvest of wheat, the most important staple food for this season, will drop significantly.
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The civil war has lasted for ten years. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives, and about 12 million people were displaced, about half of them in the country. Since 2019, Syria has also been suffering from a severe economic crisis. Many people can no longer afford staple food. There are always reports that gas stations and bakeries provide subsidized bread queues. The number of hungry and severely malnourished children is increasing.
