War-driven malnutrition will reach at least 500 million people in late 2022 and roughly triple (to about 1.5 billion) during 2023.
Inaccurate ●●●●●
“We're looking at malnutrition for a minimum of a half a billion people later this year. That will probably triple next year and it will get significantly worse from there before it gets better.”
- Said on
- 8 July 2022 · Zeihan video commentary recorded in Ames, Iowa, on the Ukraine war and global agriculture; published by Straight Arrow News
- Source
- Global agriculture upheaval could be boon for US economy · Straight Arrow News
- Should come true
- 2023
- How sure they sounded
- We're looking at; probably
- Categories
- EconomyGeopolitics
- Importance
- 4 of 5 · Hunger affecting 1.5 billion people would be a major global humanitarian crisis.
Outcome
Inaccurate
The UN SOFI 2024 report puts chronic hunger at about 733 million in 2023, a plateau for the third straight year rather than a tripling. Moderate or severe food insecurity (about 2.33 billion) was already near that level before 2022, so no measure tripled. "Malnutrition" is loosely defined, but every reading falls far short of the claim.
- https://sdg.iisd.org/news/sofi-2024-calls-for-increased-cost-effective-financing-to-end-hunger
- https://www.arabnews.com/node/2555661/amp
History
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