Africa surpasses Asia with highest population facing hunger: UN
- PARIS: Africa has for the first time become the continent with the largest number of people facing hunger, a UN report said on Tuesday (Jul 21), as a growing number of Africans have faced undernourishment.
- The UN's annual report on food security and nutrition found that there has been gradual improvement towards reducing hunger overall in recent years, but that progress has been uneven.
- "The centre of gravity of hunger has shifted from Asia to Africa," said David Laborde, director of the agrifood economics division at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
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- PARIS: Africa has for the first time become the continent with the largest number of people facing hunger, a UN report said on Tuesday (Jul 21), as a growing number of Africans have faced undernourishment.
- The UN's annual report on food security and nutrition found that there has been gradual improvement towards reducing hunger overall in recent years, but that progress has been uneven.
- "The centre of gravity of hunger has shifted from Asia to Africa," said David Laborde, director of the agrifood economics division at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Sources: CNA