Global Hunger Crisis Is Getting Much Worse: Supply Lines

From the worsening hunger crisis to a threat to the bourbon industry, here’s a snapshot of key food and drink stories from around the world:

More Hungry

The number of people facing life-threatening hunger jumped by a third to about a quarter of a billion last year, a worrying report showed. The reasons include economic shocks, conflict and trade disruptions stemming from Russia’s war in the breadbasket nation of Ukraine. Some of the poorest countries have been hit hardest.

Supplies of staple crops could remain tight as the El Nino weather phenomenon threatens output later this year in key regions, ...