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  • Pandemic-Driven Hunger Hits 15-Year High As Global Crisis Unfolds

    07/13/2021 5:09:55 AM PDT · by blam · 17 replies
    Nation & State ^ | 7-13-2021
    The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 (SOFI 2021) report warns food insecurity and malnutrition have hit 15-year highs and are likely to worsen. Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was on track to minimize hunger and malnutrition by 2030. But the virus pandemic disrupted economic flows around the globe, unleashing supply chain hell, compounded by disruptive weather, along with overstimulation by central banks and governments, helping to induce inflation, which has put the world at a critical juncture. A staggering 811 million people went hungry in 2020, or about 10% of the entire world...