Food Security: Food Crises Worsen in the Wake of Conflicts, Economic Shocks and Weather Extremes

May 3, 2023 | European Commission
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The number of people battling acute hunger and suffering from malnutrition is alarming, highest in the last seven years. The global economic shocks set in motion by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war against Ukraine, together with weather extremes and armed conflicts in some countries, are driving millions of people into acute food insecurity and malnutrition.