Two UN food agencies, the World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), issued stern warnings on Monday of multiple looming global food crises, AP NEWS reports..

Crises triggered by drought exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. All this led to a sharp increase in fuel and food prices..

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WFP Executive Director David Beasley said that in addition to hurting the "

" He called food crises in Indonesia, Pakistan, Peru and Sri Lanka "

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Report calls for urgent humanitarian action to help "

UN agencies also warn that the war in Ukraine, which Russia invaded in February, has exacerbated the already steady rise in food and energy prices around the world..

In particular, according to FAO, in 2022, 10.9 million people in Sudan, or 30% of its population, are expected to need support for their livelihoods.. This figure reached the highest level in the last decade. The food crisis is also expected to affect the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, where climatic conditions are quite favorable for the production of plant and animal food.. Low-income urban residents will be the first to suffer..