Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, soaring food prices are leading millions more to face acute food insecurity and more countries have been pushed into dire need of food assistance.
Over a quarter billion people in 58 countries face acute food insecurity at crisis or worse levels according to the Global Report on Food Crises.
There is also hidden hunger where people might be getting enough calories, but not enough nutrition — the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition found in 2022 that 1 in 2 preschool-aged children and 2 out of 3 women of reproductive age worldwide are affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies. This has social and economic impacts.
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Anthony Langat
Anthony Langat is a Kenya-based Devex Contributing Reporter whose work centers on environment, climate change, health, and security. He was part of an International Consortium of Investigative Journalism’s multi-award winning 2015 investigation which unearthed the World Bank’s complacence in the evictions of indigenous people across the world. He has five years’ experience in development and investigative reporting and has been published by Al Jazeera, Mongabay, Us News & World Report, Equal Times, News Deeply, Thomson Reuters Foundation, and Devex among others.
