Conflict, extreme weather and economic shocks increased the number of people facing food crises by a fifth to 193 million last year and the outlook will worsen without urgent action 'on a massive scale,' a humanitarian agency said on Tuesday.
A French farmer displays grains of wheat as he harvests his field in Thun-L'Eveque, northern France, July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File PhotoLONDON, May 4 - Conflict, extreme weather and economic shocks increased the number of people facing food crises by a fifth to 193 million last year and the outlook will worsen without urgent action "on a massive scale," a humanitarian agency said on Tuesday.
"The outlook moving forward is not good. If more is not done to support rural communities, the scale of the devastation in terms of hunger and lost livelihoods will be appalling," the GNAFC report said."Urgent humanitarian action is needed on a massive scale to prevent that from happening." Looking ahead, the report said Russia's invasion of Ukraine - both countries are major food producers - poses serious risks to global food security, especially in food crisis countries including Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
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