Hunger reached 'alarming' ten-year high in 2017: UN

The UN says more people went hungry in 2017 than at any time in the previous decade as food deprivation on the rise due to conflict and climate change. 

According to the latest edition of the UN's annual multi-agency flagship report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, the number of undernourished globally, increased to 821 million in 2017. This means that one in every nine people, does not have enough to eat. 

The number of undernourished people has



increased from 777 million to 821 million over the last two years, confirming a worrying reversal of positive trends seen earlier in the new millennium. 

The report emphasizes that climate variability and extremes are already undermining food production in some regions. It said if action to mitigate disaster risk reduction and preparedness is not taken, the situation will only get worse as temperatures are expected to continue to rise and become more extreme.