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FAO: Rising prices, food insecurity add to ranks of hungry

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Nearly a half-billion people, more than eight in 10 of them in South Asia, were undernourished in 2021. For the world, the prevalence of food insecurity rose to more than 29% in 2021 from 21% in 2014. The report is the fifth annual stocktaking on food insecurity and hunger by U.N. agencies.

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Associated Press News

FAO: Rising prices, food insecurity add to ranks of hungry

BANGKOK (AP) — Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty, according to a report released Tuesday by the Food and Agricultural Organization and other United Nations agencies.

1 year ago·United States

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KIFI

FAO: Rising prices, food insecurity add to ranks of hungry

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A report by the United Nations shows growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty. The report by the Food and Agricultural Organization and other U.N. agencies says nearly a half-billion people, more than eight in 10 of them in South Asia, were undernourished in 2021 and more than 1 billion faced moderate to severe foo…

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Winnipeg Free Press

FAO: Rising prices, food insecurity add to ranks of hungry

BANGKOK (AP) — Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty, according to a report released Tuesday by […]

1 year ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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FAO: Rising prices, food insecurity add to ranks of hungry

Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty, according to a report released Tuesday by the Food and Agricultural Organization and other United Nations agencies. Nearly a half-billion people, more than eight in 10 of them in South Asia, were undernourished in 2021 and more than 1 billion faced moderate to severe food insecurity, the report said. For the world, the prevalen…

1 year ago·Miami, United States

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