Global Report on Food Crises - 2021

Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) recently released "2021 Global Report on Food Crises". The GNAFC is an international coalition formed by the European Union, the United Nations and other governmental and non-governmental agencies.

According to this report, the economic crisis was the main reason for pushing 40 million people to hunger in 2020. It has increased by 24 million as compared to 2019.

Highlights of the Report

• Conflicts, lousy weather and economic shocks related to COVID-19 are pushing millions of people into food insecurity.
  
  
• According to this report, more than 155 million people experienced acute food insecurity in 2020. It has increased by 20 million as compared to 2019. Of this, 133,000 people are in the most severe phase of food insecurity. They are primarily from Burkina Faso, Yemen and South Sudan.
  
  
• More than 28 million people faced emergency-level food insecurity in 2020. The emergency level meant that they were one step away from starvation. Immediate actions prevented the famine from spreading.
  
  
• Between 2016 and 2020, the population affected by food insecurity has increased from 94 million to 147 million.
  
  
• Two out of three people experiencing food insecurity were from the African continent.

Africa

• Africa is the most affected continent due to food shortage. More than 63% of global food shortage cases are from Africa.
  
  
• Zimbabwe and Haiti were affected by climate issues, affecting the food security of 15 million people.

Road Ahead

With the global population reaching 8.5 billion by 2030, it is essential to make food distribution more equitable.

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