Is the threat real and beyond it, that a global food crisis becomes a reality? Experts and analysts who know in depth the problem of the lack and increase in food prices around the world have agreed that we live under a real threat in large areas of the world that could suffer from famine.
The great factor that is triggering this uncertain future is the loss of income capacity in families around the world to buy food, which is combined with price increases and supply problems.
The United Nations Organization already warned weeks ago that if deep measures are not taken, tens of millions of people around the world could suffer from famine in the coming months.
In our country, in 2020, Coneval reported that there were 55.7 million people living in poverty, an increase of two percentage points between 2018 and 2020, with an increase in the percentage of the population living in poverty from 41.9 to 43.9%.
And the extreme poverty line by income, that is, that of the food basket, in February of this year was 13.9% in rural areas and 12.8% in urban areas, these increases were higher than the annual general inflation that was 7.3%.
In Mexican homes there is great concern about the lack of food, many have been left without the most basic for food and without money to be able to acquire the most essential, and thus, cases of malnutrition due to food insecurity continue to grow. and also the number that must be treated in health centers throughout the country.
The urgent thing is to redouble efforts, society and authority, so that the figures of food poverty and health problems do not continue to increase, programs, resources, funds and employment opportunities so that people have where to fall back and can access better levels of life and can eat.
According to the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the war between Russia and Ukraine will leave 19 million people chronically hungry by 2023, due to reductions in exports of wheat and other food products. produced by these two countries, the war between these two nations has caused a food crisis throughout the world, with increases in the prices of fuel, fertilizers, grains and basic necessities for consumption.
We hope that the announcement made last week at the Summit of the Americas held in Los Angeles, California, where several Latin American countries, including Mexico and the United States, announce an increase in food production, will not only remain in a joint statement. and fertilizers to address and strengthen world food security.
The challenge is enormous, the war conflict has exacerbated the food crisis in many countries due to the rise in food, fertilizers and cereals.
The objective is to optimize the food supply in order to stabilize prices, in the same way the countries that have agreed to this plan have committed the support of offering humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable.
For now, in the here and now, what can we do immediately?
Institutions such as Food Banks around the world are of great value in the search to continue supporting the most vulnerable population, those of us who can contribute to donations so that they serve the most vulnerable population.
In Culiacán, the Food Bank already has a project to build new facilities that will serve to store a greater number of food that is currently wasted due to the lack of larger warehouses and refrigerated rooms.
We believe that very soon it will become a reality, only in this way, institutions, private initiative and levels of government will be able to face a scourge that is plaguing the world population and our country.
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