BEIRUT (dpa): A 20 per cent rise in global food prices could push an additional 5 million middle and low-income people in Arab countries into food insecurity, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) warned on Thursday, reported German Press Agency (dpa).
In a new policy brief, the agency labelled the risk as both immediate and escalating, particularly for fragile and conflict-affected states that rely heavily on food imports and have limited fiscal capacity to absorb economic shocks.
