Three months into the conflict, the number of people who can't get enough to eat has risen by over 400 million. In may, the u.N. Secretary general entern es tried to raise the alarm. There is enough food in our world now for everyone, if we act together. But unless we solve this problem to day, we face the spectre of global food shortage - and it will get much worse.
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