A quarter of the world's population suffers from malnutrition and hunger.

The number of people in the world who lack access to adequate food has reached two billion. This is despite the fact that food production has increased significantly. Millions of people die of hunger every year.

Ahead of World Food Day, a new report has been released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The statistics presented in the report were provided to the media by the aid organization FIAN.

On Thursday, October 10, the German Catholic News Agency published a report republishing statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the number of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition worldwide.

According to a report published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the number of people deprived of access to adequate food and regular nutrition has increased by 317 million people, reaching two billion.

This means that a quarter of the world's population does not have access to adequate food. These statistics indicate that between 9 and 36 million people worldwide die each year from hunger and malnutrition.

Global warming and war

Philipp Mimekz, head of the German branch of the FIAN aid organization, has considered the lack of access to adequate food for people around the world to be a declaration of political bankruptcy for governments.

He believes that given the increase and accumulation of food in the world, it is unacceptable for people to suffer from a lack of access to adequate food.

Philip Mimekez points to the increase in agricultural production in South America and says that since 2014, the number of people suffering from malnutrition and hunger in that region has increased by 67 percent, reaching 131 million people.

He has criticized the allocation of agricultural land in South America to the production of soybeans and sugarcane, believing that this has fueled the nutrition crisis on that continent.

In addition, the report identifies social injustice, discrimination, and unfair trade structures as the main causes of the hunger crisis.

Global warming, as well as military confrontations and local wars, are among the factors that make it difficult for a quarter of the world's population to access food and fuel the hunger crisis.

It is worth remembering that World Nutrition Day is celebrated on October 16.

Source: DW