Pakistan, Afghanistan Among Global Food Shortage "Hotspots": Report
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The report also said that the coal and food export revenues could witness a decline if the economic and political crisis in Pakistan and the security situation in border areas continue to deteriorate.
Two United Nations bodies Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have foreseen acute food insecurity in Pakistan that is likely to further exacerbate in the coming months, if the economic and political crisis further worsens. Pakistan and Afghanistan have been declared "early warning hotspots," Khaama Press reported.
Warnings on Pakistan and Afghanistan have been issued in a report jointly published by the FAO and the WFP from June to November, Noman Hossain, Freelance Journalist, said in the Khaama Press report.
The WFP in the report said, "Pakistan, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Syrian Arab Republic are hotspots with very high concern, and the warning is also extended to Myanmar in this edition."
It further said, "All these hotspots have a high number of people facing critical acute food insecurity, coupled with worsening drivers that are expected to further intensify life-threatening conditions in the coming months."
