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Food insecurity in Colombia was reduced from 30% to 25% in 2023, according to the WFP

Food insecurity in Colombia was reduced from 30% to 25% in 2023, according to the WFP Food insecurity in Colombia was reduced from 30% to 25% in 2023, according to the WFP

The food insecurity in Colombia was reduced in 2023 from 30% to 25%, according to the report presented this Tuesday by the World Food Program (WFP) of the UNwhich points out that there are still 13 million people in the South American country who are in moderate or severe food insecurity. This is a reduction […]

UN: Latin America does not achieve objectives against hunger and food insecurity

UN: Latin America does not achieve objectives against hunger and food insecurity UN: Latin America does not achieve objectives against hunger and food insecurity

Latin America is not on track to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) or the goals established by the OWorld Health Organization (WHO)related to hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, several international organizations warned in the report “Latin America and the Caribbean, regional overview of food security and nutrition”released this Thursday. Despite some declines in the […]

Food insecurity in the US rises for the first time in 11 years

Food insecurity in the US rises for the first time in 11 years Food insecurity in the US rises for the first time in 11 years

More Americans faced food insecurity in 2022 than the previous year, marking the first annual increase in distressed households in more than a decade. About 17 million American households, or 12.8% of the total, had difficulty at some point during the year providing enough food for all family members due to a lack of resources, […]

Food insecurity in Peru: how to face this crisis from a comprehensive perspective?

Food insecurity in Peru: how to face this crisis from a comprehensive perspective? Food insecurity in Peru: how to face this crisis from a comprehensive perspective?

The food insecurity between 2014 and 2021 increased from 13.5% to 20.5% in Peru. This means that around 6.8 million Peruvians did not have anything to eat on several days of the yearaccording to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). For her part, the malnutrition In the period 2019-2021 it reached […]

Food insecurity: 4 out of 10 farmers are poor in Peru

Food insecurity: 4 out of 10 farmers are poor in Peru Food insecurity: 4 out of 10 farmers are poor in Peru

He agricultural sector in recent years has been hit by various crises, including the rise in fertilizer prices and weather phenomena such as droughts and heavy rains. This has led to an increase in the level of poverty of farmers. Currently, 4 out of 10 people are poor in agriculture, a situation clearly more critical […]

Food insecurity hits northern regions hardest

Food insecurity hits northern regions hardest Food insecurity hits northern regions hardest

The food insecurity during 2022 it affected about 258 million people in 58 countries around the world. The figure is almost 38% more than that registered in the previous year when it reached around 192 million people, according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises 2023 (GRFC) prepared by the World Bank. This number […]

FAO: gender equality would eliminate hunger for 45 million people

FAO: gender equality would eliminate hunger for 45 million people FAO: gender equality would eliminate hunger for 45 million people

The gender equality in agricultural production would lift 45 million people who find themselves in this situation out of food insecurity and would increase the global gross domestic product (GDP) by 1%, the report highlights today “The situation of women in agri-food systems” of the FAO. The study, the first carried out by the Food […]

Hunger affects 56.5 million in Latin America, 13.2 million more than in 2019

Hunger affects 56.5 million in Latin America, 13.2 million more than in 2019 Hunger affects 56.5 million in Latin America, 13.2 million more than in 2019

Between 2019 and 2021, the number of hungry people increased by 13.2 million to 56.5 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, due to the increase in the cost of basic products and the increase in extreme poverty, indicated this Tuesday a report by ECLAC, FAO and WFP. “The number of people in the region […]

Hunger, the other pandemic in Latin America, shoots up 30% in 2020

Hunger, the other pandemic in Latin America, shoots up 30% in 2020

In Latin America, hunger has become a “pandemic” parallel to that of COVID-19, reaching almost 60 million people in the region in 2020, 30% more than the previous year and the highest number of the last 20 years, according to FAO warned. More than 59.7 million people suffered from hunger last year, 9.1% of the […]