World: Pandemic could push another 100 million people into hunger by end-2020

Country: World
Sources: World Health Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development, World Food Programme, UN Children’s Fund, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Almost 690 million people around the world went hungry in 2019. As progress in fighting hunger stalls, the COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying the vulnerabilities and inadequacies of global food systems.