FAO: 58 Million People in Arab Region Face Acute Food Insecurity

Some 58 million people across the Arab region are facing acute food insecurity, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The figure was disclosed by Abdul Hakim Elwaer, FAO’s assistant director-general and regional representative for the Near East and North Africa.

The regional total highlights the scale of severe food insecurity across the Arab world. It concerns acute food insecurity specifically, rather than food insecurity in its broader sense.

The brief account of Elwaer’s remarks did not provide a country-by-country breakdown or a timeframe for the estimate.