COLOMBO (News 1st) – Sri Lanka has been categorized as a FAO – WFP Hunger Hotsport or a major food crisis by the UN GRFC.This was revealed in a recent statement by the International Monetary Fund.Sri Lanka is among the 48 countries designated as Hunger Hotspots that are considered as countries highly exposed to fed insecurity.
The other countries include a series of nations in the African Continent. Food insecurity has been rising since 2018. Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the increasing frequency and severity of climate shocks, regional conflicts and the pandemic were all taking their toll, disrupting food production and distribution, and driving up the cost of feeding people and families.The situation took an even more dramatic turn with the war in Ukraine.
This pushed the prices of food and fertilizers higher still—hurting importers and prompting several countries to impose export restrictions, like in Sri Lanka.According to the International Monetary Fund, the result is an unprecedented 345 million people whose lives and livelihoods are in immediate danger from acute food insecurity.
And The World Food Program says that around the globe more than 828 million people go to bed hungry every night.The impact of the food shock is felt everywhere.