The Global Food Crisis Network issued a joint statement on the same day, saying that in order to meet the challenges, efforts will be intensified to promote the construction of a resilient agricultural food system and achieve sustainable social, environmental and economic development.
The network will actively support a series of important events held this year, such as the United Nations Food Summit, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the G20 Summit, the Climate Change Conference and the Nutrition for Growth Summit.
The number of people facing serious food insecurity in the world has risen to the highest level in five years:
On May 5, local time, according to the annual report released by the Global Food Crisis Response Network, the number of people facing serious food insecurity in the world will reach the highest level in the past five years in 2020.
The 20021Global Food Crisis Report shows that in 2020, at least 654.38+55 million people in 55 countries and regions will fall into crisis-level or more serious food insecurity, an increase of about 20 million people over the previous year. Among them, about 654.38+33 million people in Burkina Faso, South Sudan and Yemen face the most serious disaster-level food insecurity. Since the report of 20 17 was first published, serious food insecurity has been increasing.
According to the report, the main reason for the deterioration of serious food insecurity in 2020 is conflict, and nearly 654.38 billion people are affected by conflict and fall into serious food insecurity. However, the economic impact of COVID-19 epidemic has replaced extreme weather events and become the second largest cause of serious food insecurity in 2020.
The above contents refer to China Xiaokang. The global food crisis is coming! There are 654.38+550 billion people in the world facing serious food insecurity. What are the reasons for the serious food insecurity?