(dpa/NAN) The UN says 821 million people globally were undernourished in 2017.
According to a report “The State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World, put together by UNICEF, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Programme, the number of people suffering from hunger has increased during the past three years.
The UN also said nearly 151 million under-fives – 22% of the global total – have their growth stunted by poor nutrition.
The authors say extreme climate events are partly to blame for the rise and call for urgent global action.
The UN agencies also said that conflicts, economic downturns and climate-related events such as droughts and floods are to blame for the negative trend.
According to the UN agencies, global hunger numbers fell steadily from 926 million in 2005 to 795 million in 2010,
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