UN and partners meet to address ‘critical’ state of global food crisis

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pandemic, climate change and ongoing conflicts resulted in nearly a billion people going hungry last year, he said. 

Meanwhile, the World Bank has warned that the conflict in Ukraine will plunge an additional 95 million people into extreme poverty, and 50 million into severe hunger, this year.  

Already falling short 

“Frankly, we were already falling short of meeting our food-security targets, prior to…