Food Insecurity 2021

Excerpt from the FAO article on the food insecurity problem:

"The key drivers behind rising acute food insecurity in 2021 were: 

• conflict (main driver pushing 139 million people in 24 countries/territories into acute food insecurity, up from around 99 million in 23 countries/territories in in 2020);
• weather extremes (over 23 million people in 8 countries/territories, up from 15.7 million in 15 countries/territories);
• economic shocks - (over 30 million people in 21 countries/territories, down from over 40 million people in 17 countries/territories in 2020 mainly due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic)."

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