Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Release : 2021-11-30
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 615/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Latin America and the Caribbean – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2021 by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Latin America and the Caribbean – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2021 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This book was released on 2021-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, various factors have diverted the world off the path to eradicating hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition by 2030, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this trend. Latin America and the Caribbean is no exception. This edition of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2021: Statistics and Trends reveals a bleak scenario for the future. In 2020, 59.7 million people in the region suffered from hunger, and between 2019 and 2020 the prevalence of hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean increased by 2 percentage points. Much of this can be explained by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced the incomes of millions of people in the region. But it is not behind all the setbacks, as the region's hunger figures have been growing for six consecutive years.