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39 États africains ont réduit de 18% la part de leur budget national consacré à l'agriculture entre 2019 et 2021, et deux tiers d'entre eux (26) ont dépensé moins de 5 % de leur budget annuel dans le secteur agricole, selon Oxfam

Total amount of money spent on agriculture as a share of the total budget by 39 African countries plummeted 18 percent between 2019 and 2021, with over two thirds of them (26) spending under five percent of their annual budget on agriculture, says Oxfam.

In reaction to FAO’s new “ State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World 2022 ”report, stating that as many as 828 million people were hungry in 2021, an increase of 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hanna Saarinen, Oxfam Food Policy Lead said: “It is deeply concerning...

En réaction au nouveau rapport de la FAO intitulé " État de l'insécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition dans le monde en 2022 ", qui indique que 828 millions de personnes ont souffert de la faim en 2021, soit une augmentation de 150 millions depuis l'apparition de la pandémie de COVID-19, Hanna...

Responding to news of the $4.5 billion pledge made by the G7 leaders to tackle global hunger, Max Lawson, Head of Inequality Policy at Oxfam said: “Faced with the worst hunger crisis in a generation, the G7 have simply failed to take the action that is needed. Many millions will face terrible...