Hunger Now Grips Quarter of a Billion as War Roils Food Supplies
- Acute food insecurity jumped by a third to 258 million in 2022
- Economic shocks, food inflation worsens crisis, report shows
A child drinks water near Gode, Ethiopia.
Photographer: Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images
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The number of people facing life-threatening hunger around the world surged by a third last year, as economic shocks worsened and food prices soared.
That’s according to the Global Network Against Food Crises, which said world hunger rose for a fourth straight year — more than doubling over that span. The report from the alliance of international aid organizations detailed how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had an “outsized impact” on world food systems, which the United Nations has warned would supercharge the crisis.