Global Report on the Food Network against the Food Crisis (GNAFC)

Global Report on the Food Network against the Food Crisis (GNAFC)

Global Report on the Food Network against the Food Crisis (GNAFC)

  • Recently, the Global Network against Food Crises (GNAFC) has released the Global Report on Food Crisis,
  • The Global Network against Food Crisis (GNAFC) is an international coalition formed by the European Union, the United Nations and other governmental and non-governmental agencies.

Highlights of the report:

  • The Global Network against Food Crisis has reviewed the situation in a total of 55 countries in its study, in which the GNAFC report found that, before now, the worst level of such starvation was recorded five years ago.
  • According to the GNAFC report, more than 155 million people were in acute food insecurity in 2020,which is 20 million higher than the year
  • According to the GNAFC report, about 80crore people in 38 countries and regions are suffering from nutritional deficiency.
  • Conflicts, bad weather and economic shocks related to the COVID-19pandamic are pushing millions of people into food insecurity.
  • Of this, about 133,000 people are in the most severe phase of food insecurity. They are mostly from Burkina Faso, Yemen and South Sudan.
  • More than 28 million people faced emergency-level food insecurity in The emergency level meant they were one step away from starvation.
  • Between 2016 and 2020, the population affected by food insecurity has increased from 94 million to 147

Africa:

  • According to the report, the African country is affected in an asymmetrical manner. Due to violent conflict, about 100 million people do not have enough food to eat, which is a risk to their life and livelihood. Two out of three people facing food insecurity are from the African continent.
  • Africa is the most affected continent due to lack of food. More than 63% of global food shortage cases are from Africa.

Source: The Hindu

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