António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, flagged a startling number on Sunday, expressing concern about the rising number of people who are suffering from hunger in the midst of global concerns. He stated in a tweet that “the number of people affected by hunger has more than doubled in the past three years.”
Since the first outbreak in Wuhan, China, in 2019, the coronavirus pandemic has arguably caused a rise in this number and has resulted in strict curbs across nations. Move from “despair to hope and action” and “make nutritious diets available and affordable for all,” the 193-member organization’s head emphasized “in his article commemorating World Food Day.
To commemorate the FAO’s founding in 1945, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrates World Food Day. On this day, activities are held all over the world to raise awareness of the need to end world hunger and to guarantee a healthy diet for everyone, without discrimination.
“Leave no one behind” is the focus of World Food Day in 2022. Even though the world has made strides toward creating a better world, “too many people have been left behind,” according to the FAO. The organization also emphasized that while there is currently enough food produced to feed everyone on the planet, access to and availability of wholesome food remains a challenge.
The Global Network against Food Crises’ Global Report on Food Crises2022 made clear that about 180 million people in 40 countries will experience unavoidable food insecurity. “Hunger hotspots” include Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Yemen, with Egypt facing difficulties because of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which accounted for 85% of Egypt’s imports in 2020–2021.
Algeria and Tunisia are also having trouble supplying enough food to their populations. The food crisis has gotten worse since Afghanistan’s regime changed to one ruled by the Taliban, as “According to the World Food Programme’s (WFP) food security update, 57 percent of households use crisis-level coping mechanisms to get by, while 92 percent of the population struggles with insufficient food consumption.
