UN: El Niño to push 16 million more people into food insecurity in Latin America
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- El Niño’s impact on crops is expected to add 16 million people to the number facing food insecurity in Latin America.
- The projected increase reaches 49 million people worldwide, according to Lena Savelli, the World Food Programme’s regional director.
El Niño’s damage to crops will push 16 million more people into food insecurity across Latin America, the United Nations World Food Programme warned.
Lena Savelli, the WFP’s regional director, said Monday that the climate phenomenon’s impact on harvests would add 49 million people to the food-insecure population worldwide.
The warning highlights the expected effect of El Niño on food security in the region, with crop impacts driving the increase.
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Originally published by Proceso Digital in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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