More than 122 million people worldwide have joined the ranks of hunger since 2019.

“The recovery from the global epidemic has been erratic and the war in Ukraine has affected the availability of nutritious food and healthy eating. this is the new normal“Climate change, conflicts and economic instability,” commented Qu Dongyu of China, FAO managing director. alienate marginalized people even more security,” added Dongyu, the re-elected Chinese.

Even more dramatic were the words of Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Program, another UN agency based in the Italian capital. “As humanitarian workers, we are faced with the following situation: biggest challenge we’ve ever seen. We need the global community to act quickly, smartly and with compassion. reverse course and reverse the hunger trend,” he said.

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The most affected areas are West Asia, the Caribbean and all subregions of the world. Africa. This continent actually remains the most affected. on that side one in five lie down on an empty stomach. This is more than twice the world average. Latin Americais only one region. progress has been observed in the fight against this plague.

by resigningThe UN assumed, so almost impossible it has been reached ‘zero hunger’ goal It was approved in 2030, in 2015. “If trends continue like this, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to end hunger by 2030 will not be achieved,” the SOFI report states. “Actually, almost 600 million people It will starve in 2030,” he said.

Even more. UN experts also pointed out that this is the case. worsened the probability number of people to reach healthy diets on the planet. “More than 3,100 million people in the world, that is, 42% of the world’s population, “They couldn’t afford to eat healthy in 2021,” he said.

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“Food insecurity affects the poorest people rural areas. moderate or severe food insecurity 33% of adults 26% of those living in rural areas and those living in cities”. growth retardation in children higher in rural areas (35.8%) than in urban areas (22.4%). Waste is higher in rural areas (10.5%) than in urban areas (7.7%). fat It is slightly higher in urban areas (5.4%) than in rural areas (3.5%).

In this regard, the report also includes the following statements: change the structure of the world’s population, with a growing trend of people moving to urban areas. The forecast is, in fact, in 2050 Almost seven out of 10 people will live in cities. Therefore, when it comes to doing politics, for example, “consumption highly processed foods The UN is also increasing in the urban and rural areas of some countries,” he said.