{"id":43101,"date":"2017-12-07T21:39:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T21:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=43101"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:47:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:47:30","slug":"conflicts-drought-drive-hunger-despite-strong-global-food-supply-un-agriculture-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2017\/12\/conflicts-drought-drive-hunger-despite-strong-global-food-supply-un-agriculture-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Conflicts, drought drive hunger despite strong global food supply \u2013 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agriculture agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite strong global food supply, localized drought, flooding and protracted conflicts have intensified and perpetuated food insecurity, the United Nations agriculture agency reported Thursday.<\/p>\n

The new edition of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Food and Agriculture Agency’s (FAO<\/a>)\u00a0Crop Prospects and Food Situation<\/a>\u00a0report revealed that some 37 countries \u2013 29 of which are in Africa \u2013 require external food assistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cOngoing conflicts continue to be a key\u00a0driver of severe food insecurity<\/a>, having triggered near-famine conditions in northern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, as well as widespread hunger in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo \u2013 and Syria,\u201d FAO stated.<\/p>\n

The report also said that conflict impedes productive activities, hinders access to food and significantly intensifies the numbers of internally displaced people.<\/p>\n

In Africa, the report details that urgently in need food of assistance are about 1.1 million people in the Central Africa Republic; some 7.7 million in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which hosts more than 200,000 refugees and four million internally displaced persons; over three million in northern Nigeria; some 4.8 million in South Sudan; and 3.1 million in Somalia \u2013 a number that has tripled over the past year.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, it points out that chronic hunger or food insecurity is confronted by 7.6 million in Afghanistan; 3.2 million in Iraq; and 6.5 million in Syria.<\/p>\n

Moreover, in Yemen 17 million, or 60 per cent of the population, are believed to require urgent humanitarian assistance. The report notes that should November’s maritime port closures be repeated the country would risk famine.<\/p>\n

Learn more about FAO’s work in these countries\u00a0here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In some regions, adverse weather conditions are taking their toll on farm food outputs \u2013 notably due to drought in East Africa and floods in parts of Asia.<\/p>\n

Some 8.5 million people are estimated to be food insecure in Ethiopia, especially in the Somali region. Consecutive unfavourable rainy seasons have curtailed crop and livestock production in Kenya, leaving about 2.6 million people severely food insecure.<\/p>\n

The report also flags concerns in Bangladesh, where three episodes of flash floods this year caused substantial damage to the rice crop.<\/p>\n

A severe summer drought has also cut Mongolia’s wheat harvest by almost half.<\/p>\n

Despite local negative trends, the report points out that, overall, global food production is booming. In addition, production gains are being recorded in many low-income food-deficit countries, where the aggregate cereal output is forecast to grow by two per cent this year.<\/p>\n

Via Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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