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The ongoing burden of growing global crisis exacerbates hunger in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, warn the UN services.
According to the UN report on the state of safety of food and food in the world of 2025, also known as the Sofi report, commercial tension, conflicts and climate change are the main causes of global food inflation.
The report that collects data from five international organizations -fao, IFAD, UnICEF, WFP and WHO was made by the IFAD based on the UN, which provides grants and low loans to finance the project in developing countries.
“The situation is quite alarming, especially in Africa and the Middle East,” Alvaro Lario, President of IFAD, Alvaro Lario, said Euronews.
“This is a mixture between conflicts, certain disorders or shocks caused by economic or commercial tension, as well as climatic shocks. These are three key factors, ”Lario explained.
Of the commercial tension in 2018, during the first control of Trump, they increased mainly in force, which contributed to the ongoing commercial tension and the influence on the potential of world agricultural trade.
Research data shows that the percentage of hunger in Africa exceeds 20% in 2024, affecting 307 million people, while in the Middle East 12.7% of the population or more than 39 million people will be hungry in 2024.
Little farmers under threat
The worst and worst living conditions of small farmers and the rural population in developing countries are a catalyst for the flow of economic immigration.
“It is clear when people cannot really earn a living where they are, then they are forced to migrate,” said Lario.
The connection between immigration, the ability to feed oneself and the ability to continue to produce food, is clear, he added.
According to the UN criteria, small farmers are those who operate less than 2 hectares of land. They produce one third of food in the world and up to 70% of food in Africa.
The economic existence and viability of small farmers are a quintessence to ensure the safety of food and food products in developing countries.
However, according to international standards, they all live behind the poverty line. They represent 80% of the poorest population in the world.
According to IFAD, international assistance in agriculture does not meet the needs of small farmers: in fact, they receive less than 1% of climatic financing, which is more than 4 billion euros per year and it will take more than 70 billion euros.
Long -term investments in agriculture and small -scale farmers in developing countries are vital for the treatment of world hunger.
“Africa imports about 70, 80 billion euros to food every year. It is clear that they can be self -sufficient and create many of these jobs in Africa, ”said Lario.
Every year, about 10 million young Africans enter the labor market.
“Many jobs can be created not only in terms of production, but also for distribution, storage, marketing, export,” Lario said.
Conflicts are seriously ill … food chain
According to the integrated classification of food security stages (MPC), more than 35 million people live in an emergency, and almost 2 million reached the IPC 5 phase, which is classified as a “disaster”.
The places where the population is faced with an extreme degree of lack of food security are Palestinians living in the gas sector, along with South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen and Haiti.
Studies show that 100% of the population in the gas sector is faced with a high level of acute lack of food security, which affects a total of 1,106,900 people, almost twice as much as 576,000, registered in 2023, which is the largest when, evaluated throughout the world in the history of the Ministry ofPasures.
“The situation is quite alarming, especially in Africa and especially in the Middle East. I would say that these are two areas where we say that the numbers continue to grow, ”concluded Lario.