CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -As noted above, there are many countries where hunger is widespread but where data is insufficient to properly rank them on the Global Hunger Index. In 2022, several countries rank around Yemen in terms of hunger levels. They include Burundi, Somalia, South Sudan, and Syria.

Detailed explanation-2: -The secretive state is among Asia’s poorest countries, with more than 40 percent of the population undernourished and in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the World Food Programme.

Detailed explanation-3: -Deprived of water, crops produce poorer harvests. The drought probably delayed the planting of maize and rice, the country’s two most important food staples. Combined with North Korea’s poor water management, an already precarious food situation is likely to get worse.

Detailed explanation-4: -India will be among only a handful of nations globally, which are unlikely to face any serious food shortage during 2022-23. But extreme weather this year has alarmingly pared its overflowing granaries, raising food-security concerns in a country home to 1.38 billion people, or 17% of the world’s population.