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Welthungerhilfe: Export stops drive hunger

2022-07-12T06:55:33.463Z


Welthungerhilfe: Export stops drive hunger Created: 07/12/2022, 08:41 A father helps his malnourished son walk near their hut in the village of Lomoputh, northern Kenya. The hunger crisis in the world is coming to a head dramatically. © Brian Inganga/AP/dpa Flight and expulsion, the Ukraine war, the climate crisis - there are many factors that continue to drive hunger in the world. In many coun


Welthungerhilfe: Export stops drive hunger

Created: 07/12/2022, 08:41

A father helps his malnourished son walk near their hut in the village of Lomoputh, northern Kenya.

The hunger crisis in the world is coming to a head dramatically.

© Brian Inganga/AP/dpa

Flight and expulsion, the Ukraine war, the climate crisis - there are many factors that continue to drive hunger in the world.

In many countries, the food situation is deteriorating dramatically.

Berlin - Welthungerhilfe is observing an increasing number of countries that are no longer exporting food, making access to food even more difficult for billions of people.

"More and more countries are saying: We're not letting anything out anymore.

That leads to shortages, which drives up prices, and that's really bad for the poorest people in the world because they can no longer afford food," said the Secretary General of the aid organization, Mathias Mogge, on Tuesday on ZDF. "Morning Magazine".

The world community must ensure that the markets remain open.

Presentation of the annual report

Welthungerhilfe wanted to present its new annual report in the morning and give an outlook on the effects of the Ukraine war, the climate crisis, flight and displacement on hunger worldwide.

According to the organization, the food situation in developing and emerging countries has “deteriorated dramatically” in recent months.

"The big drivers of hunger are conflicts and climate change," said Mogge.

Welthungerhilfe was able to spend a total of 260 million euros on projects last year - half of which went into humanitarian aid, the other half into long-term projects, for example to better prepare people for the "adversities" of climate change.

One is very happy that the solidarity of the people in Germany with the problems in the global South throughout the pandemic period and also during the Ukraine war is "very, very strong".

dpa

Source: merkur

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