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The COVID-19 crisis has led to the first rise in extreme poverty and food insecurity in 20 years. Is it realistic to end these two scourges once and for all? Ahead of the Commission for Social...
Mar 21, 2024 · The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in UK absolute poverty in 30 years, new figures show. Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands ...
Apr 29, 2019 · More and more children in ostensibly rich countries like the UK are suffering food insecurity - with serious consequences. Kerry Wright didn’t feel hungry. Not in the way you might expect. Her...
6 days ago · Published annually by Concern and Welthungerhilfe, the Global Hunger Index (GHI) gives us both a snapshot of current world hunger facts and figures, as well as a historical look on how progress has (and hasn’t) been made. Here’s what you need to know in 2023.
- Olivia Giovetti
- Poverty. Poverty and hunger go hand in hand. Families trapped in the cycle of poverty usually can’t afford nutritious food, leading to undernourishment.
- Food shortages. Across regions like the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, farming families experience periods before harvests known as “hungry seasons.” These are the times of year when food supplies from the previous harvest are exhausted, but the chance to replenish supplies is still some time off.
- War and conflict. Conflict and hunger form another vicious cycle. In South Sudan, civil war has led to mass displacement and abandoned fields. The result is crop failure which, combined with a soaring inflation rate that makes imported food unaffordable, has left 7.2 million people in a food crisis.
- Climate change. Countries like Zambia enjoy relative peace and political stability. However, they are also plagued by hunger due to climate change. Too little - or too much - rainfall can destroy harvests or reduce the amount of animal pasture available.
Unlike famines that receive emergency-aid, chronic hunger is a silent, invisible, day-after-day condition. Hunger, poverty and food prices are inextricably linked. Not every person living in poverty is hungry, but almost all hungry people are living in poverty.
Jun 13, 2018 · Today’s world is characterised by the coexistence of agricultural bounty and widespread hunger and malnutrition. 1 Recent years have seen a reversal of a decades old trend of falling hunger, alongside the re-emergence of famine. 1 National and global evidence shows that ensuring an adequate food supply is still an important contribution to eradi...
