UN study: Food insecurity faces two million people in Lebanon, 35% of whom are Syrians
ARK News… A study conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Program, and the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture revealed that about two million people in Lebanon, 35% of whom are Syrians, face a high level of food insecurity, expecting that "the situation will worsen in the coming months."
The results of the “Integrated Phase Classification Analysis of Acute Food Insecurity in Lebanon” study showed that 37% of the Lebanese and Syrian refugees, i.e. 1.29 million Lebanese and 700 thousand Syrian refugees, face a high level of acute food insecurity, and are classified in the third stage (crisis).
The study expected that the number of classifiers in the third stage would increase during the period between this month and next April, to reach 42%, or 2.26 million, including 800 thousand Syrian refugees.
The representative of the World Food Program in Beirut, Abdullah Al-Wardat, said, during the launch of the study results, that "the number of people who depend on assistance in Lebanon has increased more than ever," noting that "the results of the study are very disturbing and reflect the deteriorating situation faced by many of people currently in Lebanon.
The United Nations, in a report submitted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the UN Security Council last month, warned of several challenges facing Syria, making it one of the most complex humanitarian and protection emergencies on the planet.
In the report, which dealt with humanitarian needs in Syria, Guterres said that 14.6 million Syrians were in need of humanitarian aid in Syria in 2022, with expectations that this number will rise to 15.3 million during the current year.
The report pointed out that the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate, at a time when basic services are struggling amid the spread of cholera throughout the country, with indications of a deteriorating economic situation last summer.
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