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Another 291 Million People Won’t Have Enough to Eat This Year
- That will drive up world hunger numbers by a third, USDA says
- Most of the increase is expected to come in Asia, Africa
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Global hunger will surge by about a third this year, driven by lingering income losses from the pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The department’s annual assessment of food security in 76 middle- and low-income nations that are past or current recipients of U.S. food aid estimates an additional 291 million people in those countries won’t have enough to eat in 2021. That comes on top of a huge spike in hunger last year as the pandemic unleashed economic distress.