New report warns that 282 million people faced acute hunger last year.
Hunger around the world has reached alarming levels, according to a new multi-agency report on global food insecurity.
For the fifth year, acute food insecurity has increased, affecting hundreds of millions of people.
The issue represents a major challenge to the United Nations’ goal of ending hunger by 2030.
Conflict – not climate change – is the biggest cause.
Has enough been done to face the crisis?
Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom
Guests:
Alex de Waal – Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University in the USA
Mamadou Goita – Member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, a think tank based in Brussels
Jemilah Mahmood – Executive Director of the Sunway Center for Planetary Health at Sunway University Malaysia
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