Content Type: Commentary and Analysis / Publishing Institution: Political Violence @ A Glance / Publication Year: within 5 Years and within 25 Years / Topic: Food

Author:: Ida Rudolfsen
Publication Date:: 12-2020
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Political Violence @ A Glance
Abstract:: Today the World Food Program (WFP) receives this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The award has been called happily uncontroversial, following last year’s prize, which was awarded to Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, for making peace with Eritrea. The current conflict in the Tigray region calls into question the durability of that peace. The award is also timely, as estimates show that, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a quarter of a billion people will face acute hunger by the end of the year, increasing from 135 million to 265 million.
Topic:: Food, Hunger, and World Food Program (WFP)
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Ida Rudolfsen
Publication Date:: 07-2020
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: Political Violence @ A Glance
Abstract:: According to the World Food Program’s (WFP) latest report, the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to an 82 percent increase in global food insecurity, affecting around 270 million people by the end of the year. On June 29, the organization announced it is undertaking its largest humanitarian effort to assist an increasing number of food-insecure low- and middle-income countries. In a statement about the plan, WFP Executive Director David Beasley said that “until the day we have a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos. Without it, we could see increased social unrest and protests, a rise in migration, deepening conflict, and widespread under-nutrition among populations that were previously immune from hunger.”
Topic:: Food, Food Security, Hunger, Pandemic, COVID-19, and World Food Program (WFP)
Political Geography:: Global Focus

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