{"id":105520,"date":"2021-05-07T17:02:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T11:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=105520"},"modified":"2021-05-07T19:57:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T14:27:06","slug":"gnafc-releases-global-report-on-food-crises-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gnafc-releases-global-report-on-food-crises-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"GNAFC releases &#8220;Global Report on Food Crises 2021&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Global Network Against Food Crises(GNAFC) has released the \u201c<strong>Global Report on Food Crises 2021\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Key Findings:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Firstly, more than 155 million <\/strong>people experienced acute food insecurity in 2020. This is an increase of 20 million as compared to 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondly, two-thirds of the people<\/strong> in acute food crisis levels were in 10 countries. Such as Congo, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan, northern Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Zimbabwe and Haiti.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thirdly, <\/strong>the majority of the people facing acute food insecurity <strong>depend on agriculture<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fourthly<\/strong>, according to the report, 40.5 million people in 17 countries faced acute food insecurity because of &#8220;economic shocks&#8221;. This is primarily due to cut in jobs and incomes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reasons<\/strong>: The magnitude and severity of food crises in 2020 worsened due to:\n<ul>\n<li>Prolonged conflicts<\/li>\n<li>Economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/li>\n<li>Weather extremes that increased pre-existing fragilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>About Global Report on Food Crises 2021:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The report focuses on 55 countries that account for 97% of the humanitarian assistance.<\/li>\n<li>Also, the report depicts the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rising-food-insecurity-due-to-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acute food insecurity and malnutrition<\/a> situation in countries chronically vulnerable to food crises. These countries often affected by fragile agri-food systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>About Global Network Against Food Crises(GNAFC):<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It was founded during the first World Humanitarian Summit in 2016.<\/strong> It was jointly found by\n<ul>\n<li>European Commission for International Cooperation and Development,<\/li>\n<li>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and<\/li>\n<li>The World Food Programme(WFP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>It is an alliance that is united by a common commitment to tackle the root causes of food crises. They aim to tackle the food crisis through increased sharing of knowledge and analysis and strengthened coordination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstoday.in\/current\/economy-politics\/155-million-people-faced-acute-hunger-in-2020-outlook-for-2021-even-worse-un\/story\/438416.html\"><strong>Business Today<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Global Network Against Food Crises(GNAFC) has released the \u201cGlobal Report on Food Crises 2021\u201d. Key Findings: Firstly, more than 155 million people experienced acute food insecurity in 2020. This is an increase of 20 million as compared to 2019. Secondly, two-thirds of the people in acute food crisis levels were in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gnafc-releases-global-report-on-food-crises-2021\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GNAFC releases &#8220;Global Report on Food Crises 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1305,7965,9],"tags":[1420,1414],"class_list":["post-105520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-ir_3","tag-soc_4","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700770861,"cached_date":1704910601},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}