Hunger Hotspots Report

Why in news?

• Recently, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) released a report titled 'Hunger Hotspots – August to November 2021'.

About:

• The Hunger Hotspots Report is an early-warning analysis of countries and situations called hotspots where acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate over the coming months

Findings of the report:

• Hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspot countries in the next three months.
• The highest alerts for “catastrophic” situations are in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, southern Madagascar, Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria.
• Overall, over 41 million people worldwide are at risk of falling into famine or famine-like conditions unless they receive immediate life and livelihood-saving assistance.
• The primary reasons for an increase in hunger are conflict dynamics, economic shocks, the socio-economic impacts of COVID- 19, weather extremes and the diffusion of plant pests and animal diseases

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Hunger Hotspot report, recently seen in news, is released by:

(a) World Economic Forum

(b) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and  World Food Programme (WFP)

(c) World Health Organization

(d)World Bank and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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