Acute hunger is likely to soar in more than 20 countries in the next few months, the UN has warned. An estimated 34 million people are struggling with emergency levels of acute hunger known as IPC (Integrated food security Phase Classification) 4, meaning they are ‘one step away from starvation’. Acute hunger is being driven by conflict, climate shocks and the Covid pandemic, and, in some places, compounded by storms of desert locusts.
— source theguardian.com | 24 Mar 2021