Food
Insecurity- HUNGER HOTSPOTS
Q. Why in News/Context -
· A new United Nations early warning report (by Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme) has
warned of increasing acute food insecurity in several parts of the world. India’s
neighbours, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, are among the hunger hotspots in
the world
Q. Highlights of the report -
· Conflict,
climate extremes and economic shocks continue to drive more and more communities into crisis.
· Afghanistan,
Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen remain at the highest concern level, the report
said. Haiti, the Sahel (Burkina Faso and Mali) and Sudan have been elevated to
the highest concern levels.
· Pakistan, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and the Syrian Arab Republic are hotspots with very high
concern. The warning is also extended to Myanmar.
· Lebanon, El Salvador and Nicaragua have also been added to the list of
hunger hotspot countries, since the September 2022 edition of the report.
Malawi, Guatemala and Honduras remain hunger hotspot countries.
