According to the research paper Hunger Hotspots, people living in parts of 20 countries will face acute food insecurity from February through May 2022.
- Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Yemen, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Kenya are some of those countries.
- The Hunger Hotspots research paper was published by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in ‘Integrated Food Security Phase Classification [IPC] Phase 5 report.
Responsible factors:
- Organised violence and conflict, economic shocks including impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather events, animal and plant pests and diseases may be behind the acute food insecurity in these hotspots during the outlook period.
What is Famine?
IPC defined famine as an extreme deprivation of food. This refers to:
- a condition in which an area has at least 20 per cent households facing extreme lack of food,
- at least 30 per cent children suffering from acute malnutrition and
- two of every 10,000 people dying each day due to outright starvation or to the interaction of malnutrition and disease.
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