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UN chief Guterres warns of 'catastrophe' from global food shortage

Business Standard | 24/06/2022 10:30 PM | Click to read full article

The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world faces catastrophe because of the growing shortage of food around the globe.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war in Ukraine has added to the disruptions caused by climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and inequality to produce an unprecedented global hunger crisis already affecting hundreds of millions of people.

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