Recent Quotes View Full List My Watchlist Create Watchlist Indicators DJI Nasdaq Composite SPX Gold Crude Oil EL&P Market Index Markets Stocks ETFs Tools Overview News Currencies International Treasuries UN: Thousands in West Africa face acute food shortage By: FOXNews.com April 18, 2023 at 14:14 PM EDT Central and West Africa are at the brink of famine as the regions face a 10-year-high food insecurity caused by the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, and high prices. Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday.West and Central Africa has faced increasing risks caused by higher temperatures and erratic rainfall. War in Ukraine has contributed to food and fertilizer shortages in one of the world's poorest regions.The number of people without regular access to safe and nutritious food is projected to hit 48 million during the June-August lean season, according to a regional food security analysis presented by the U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP), humanitarian agency OCHA, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and children's agency UNICEF.SOMALIA DROUGHT 'EXTREMELY CRITICAL' BUT NO FAMINE PROJECTEDThat is driven in part by the plight of countries in the semi-arid Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert including Mali and Burkina Faso which are battling an Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands and displaced around 2.5 million.A record 45,000 people in the Sahel are expected to face catastrophic hunger, a level just short of famine, according to the agencies.Fighting has cut off food supply routes in parts of the Sahel and other conflict hotspots around Lake Chad and in Central African Republic, said Alexandre Lecuziat, the WFP's senior Emergency Preparedness and Response Advisor."We see areas that are completely blocked," he said at a joint press conference in Dakar, explaining how the high cost of hiring helicopters to reach these zones depletes the funds available for buying food.BABY FORMULA CRISIS: PRODUCTS FROM CLOSED PLANT WON'T HIT SHELVES UNTIL AT LEAST MID-JULYX, ABBOTT SAYSOverall, WFP faces a $900 million deficit this year in the region, he said.The forecast food shortages mean around 16.5 million children under five face acute malnutrition this year, according to the analysis.The region's dependence on imports has made it vulnerable to high global inflation rates even though many parts of West Africa saw improved rainfall in 2022 and an increase in cereal production."It is time for action to boost agricultural production to achieve food sovereignty in our region," said Robert Guei, the FAO’s Sub-regional Coordinator for West Africa. Related Stocks: Fancamp Exploration Ltd Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io Stock quotes supplied by Barchart Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes. By accessing this page, you agree to the following Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
UN: Thousands in West Africa face acute food shortage By: FOXNews.com April 18, 2023 at 14:14 PM EDT Central and West Africa are at the brink of famine as the regions face a 10-year-high food insecurity caused by the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, and high prices. Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year high spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and high prices, United Nations humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday.West and Central Africa has faced increasing risks caused by higher temperatures and erratic rainfall. War in Ukraine has contributed to food and fertilizer shortages in one of the world's poorest regions.The number of people without regular access to safe and nutritious food is projected to hit 48 million during the June-August lean season, according to a regional food security analysis presented by the U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP), humanitarian agency OCHA, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and children's agency UNICEF.SOMALIA DROUGHT 'EXTREMELY CRITICAL' BUT NO FAMINE PROJECTEDThat is driven in part by the plight of countries in the semi-arid Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert including Mali and Burkina Faso which are battling an Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands and displaced around 2.5 million.A record 45,000 people in the Sahel are expected to face catastrophic hunger, a level just short of famine, according to the agencies.Fighting has cut off food supply routes in parts of the Sahel and other conflict hotspots around Lake Chad and in Central African Republic, said Alexandre Lecuziat, the WFP's senior Emergency Preparedness and Response Advisor."We see areas that are completely blocked," he said at a joint press conference in Dakar, explaining how the high cost of hiring helicopters to reach these zones depletes the funds available for buying food.BABY FORMULA CRISIS: PRODUCTS FROM CLOSED PLANT WON'T HIT SHELVES UNTIL AT LEAST MID-JULYX, ABBOTT SAYSOverall, WFP faces a $900 million deficit this year in the region, he said.The forecast food shortages mean around 16.5 million children under five face acute malnutrition this year, according to the analysis.The region's dependence on imports has made it vulnerable to high global inflation rates even though many parts of West Africa saw improved rainfall in 2022 and an increase in cereal production."It is time for action to boost agricultural production to achieve food sovereignty in our region," said Robert Guei, the FAO’s Sub-regional Coordinator for West Africa. Related Stocks: Fancamp Exploration Ltd
