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Food and food The United Nations Agriculture Organization (FAO) has predicted that due to the situation in Ukraine, some 13-15 million people worldwide could be on the brink of starvation. This was announced by Oleg Kobyakov, FAO's director of communications with Russia.
According to statistics, about 690 million people went hungry in the world in 2019. The number of starving people rose to 811 million in 2020.
“In a year, 120 million people crossed the red line from food security to hunger. This year, due to the situation in Ukraine alone, another 13-15 million people may fall below this threshold, “Kobyakov said.
He specified that this was not a crisis in Ukraine. , caused a famine on the planet because hundreds of millions of people around the world were starving before it. This has been particularly often observed in countries that are in a famine zone or balanced on this border.
Kobyakov added that one of the most important tasks of the world community is to consolidate and stop the consequences of the conflict. in Ukraine in order to ensure food security.