According to the UN, about 828 million people now go to bed hungry every night, the number of those facing acute food shortages has increased from 135 million to 345 million since 2019.. A total of 50 million people in 45 countries are teetering on the brink of acute hunger, according to the agency's website..

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Although the needs are sky-high, the resources have reached the bottom. As the global economy still suffers from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gap between needs and funding is wider than ever.

Why are there so many hungry people in the world

This seismic hunger crisis was caused by a deadly combination of several factors:.

Conflict is still the biggest driver of hunger, as 60 percent of the world's hungry live in regions stricken by war and violence. The events taking place in Ukraine are another proof of how war feeds hunger.

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Recall that one of the most famous photographs covering this topic was a picture of Kevin Carter, which first appeared in The New York Times on March 26, 1993.. Pictured is a starved Sudanese boy and a vulture in the background, waiting for his death to profit from the flesh of a child.. The picture won the Pulitzer Prize, and Carter committed suicide four months after receiving the award..

Earlier we reported that the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine will lead to starvation of 40 million people in the world, Africa will suffer the most.