An estimated 820 million people do not have enough to eat, up from 811 million last year - third year in a row the number increase: UN report https://t.co/nvjKQh8AmP#hunger #SOFI2019 pic.twitter.com/bQQodfWecJ— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) July 15, 2019
DW: World hunger continues to rise due to conflict, climate change, says UN report
Conflict, climate change and weak economic growth are leaving more people without enough to eat, a UN report warning of starvation and famine says. Most of the world's chronic hungry live in Asia and Africa.
The United Nations' goal to eradicate hunger by 2030 is a long way off. After a decade of progress, the number of people starving has risen over the last three years, the UN said in its latest report on food security: 820 million people suffer from chronic hunger, including 149 million children under the age of five who are stunted due to lack of food.
There are 96 million people for whom "we must provide food — or access to food — so people don't die," said Cindy Holleman, one of the main authors of the UN report.
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WNU Editor: The UN report is here .... UN said in its latest report on food security (UN report).
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