03 Jul 2024 --- Around 1.7 billion people in urban and peri-urban areas face “moderate or severe” food insecurity issues, accounting for three-quarters of the world's food-insecure population, according to a new UN report. The report, delivered by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the UN Committee on World Food Security, dispels misconceptions that such issues are only confined to rural areas. It calls urban and peri-urban — areas on the outskirts of cities — “epicenters of multiple burdens of malnutrition” and urges localities to work quickly to improve their food systems.
