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WFP Warns of Increased Famines and Humanitarian Catastrophe this Year in Global Food Crises Report

by Peyvand Khorsandi

The World Food Program (WFP) has released its Global Food Crises Report. David Beasley, the Executive Director of the WFP warns that, without assistance, the number of people “pushed to the brink of starvation” will double to 265 million by the end of 2020.

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