As a result of armed conflicts, climate change and development deficits, around 811 million people are currently starving worldwide.
"Continuous improvements in the fight against hunger have been recorded for many years, but the trend has been reversing since 2014: multiple crises are causing the number of hungry people to continue to rise," says Welthungerhilfe's annual report, which was presented in Berlin on Tuesday.
Rising food prices exacerbated food insecurity.
As early as 2021, food prices around the world had risen by 28 percent in some cases.
“The situation has worsened due to the war in Ukraine.
The situation in Yemen, Afghanistan and South Sudan is particularly dramatic.
But also in Madagascar and the countries of East Africa, where massive droughts show the devastating effects of the climate crisis.
The aid organization speaks of a "wake-up call to finally step up efforts to combat climate change, which is leading to increasingly serious humanitarian emergencies".