Millions of people on brink of severe food crisis
Over a hundred million people are facing food insecurity with some on the brink of famine, says Daniel Gustafson, deputy director of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. Helping people feed themselves is key.
DW: The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) along with other organizations issued a report in March stating that about 110 million people are on the brink of a food crisis or even worse in Africa. How has the situation developed in the last six months?
Daniel Gustafson: The situation in essentially all of the countries, that were highlighted as being in a severe crisis situation, continues. Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen and northern Nigeria - all of them have a very large number of people essentially on the brink of collapse even with humanitarian assistance.
That means appeals to the international community to do something have not bore fruit so far?
There has been a considerable outpouring of support from donor countries, but not at the level that was requested.
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