The current food crisis that many countries are facing as a result of the war in Ukraine may become in 2023 a true “catastrophe”.”, as warned by the United Nations on Wednesday, which demanded that governments take urgent measures to avoid it.
(Poverty could grow 1.7 points in Colombia due to the war in Ukraine).
“This year’s food crisis is due to lack of access. Next year’s may be due to lack of food,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres at the presentation of a report prepared by the organization on the global impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The document, the second on this subject, underlines that The world is facing the biggest “cost of living crisis” in a generation, with food prices near record highs, with fertilizer costing twice as much, and with oil and gas skyrocketing.
(11.1% of peasants in Colombia are unemployed).
“Vulnerable people and countries are already being hit hard, but make no mistake: no country or community will be spared from this cost of living crisis,” Guterres insisted.
If the war continues and price increases persist, especially in fertilizers, there may not be resources for the next planting cycle and the crisis could spread to other staples, such as rice.
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