German aid group Welthungerhilfeorganization's report for 2021, explained armed conflicts alongside the pandemic and the climate crisis drove up food prices beyond the reach of many — even before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Food prices had already risen 28% in 2021 due to "multiple crises," the report said. It said the situation had "dramatically worsened" in recent months with the effects of the conflict in Ukraine, one of the world's biggest grain exporters. The war in Ukraine was "acting as an accelerant to the crises that already exist, exacerbating hunger and poverty."
811 million people are going hungry worldwide, with the situation particularly extreme in Afghanistan, South Sudan and Yemen. Madagascar and many countries in East Africa, where the effects of the climate crisis are triggering severe droughts, were also affected.
Welthungerhilfe described the "desolate situation of families in Ethiopia" as having been exacerbated by the consequences of the war in Tigray province and beyond.
"Millions of goats and cattle have already died, fields have withered, wells have dried up and water points have been destroyed, ruining the livelihoods of millions of people," Welthungerhilfe President Marlehn Thieme said.
Ukraine war worsens already dire food situation — report | News | DW | 12.07.2022
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