Lebanons position in hunger and food price reports raises alarm for Food Importers Union

Lebanons position in hunger and food price reports raises alarm for Food Importers Union

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2023-06-19 | 05:51

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Lebanon's position in hunger and food price reports raises alarm for Food Importers Union

The Union of Food Importers, headed by Hani Bohsali, expressed on Monday its deep concern about Lebanon occupying "advanced" positions in international reports on hunger and soaring food prices.

  

These reports include the classification of the World Food Program, which includes Lebanon among the "hunger hotspot countries," and the recent report by the World Bank, which considered food prices in Lebanon among the highest in the world.  

The Union emphasized that this reality is unacceptable and must be addressed quickly. 

In a statement, the Union explained that the classification of the World Food Program, labeling Lebanon among the "hunger hotspot countries," is extremely dangerous and could worsen in the future if the economic collapse, presidential vacuum, governmental paralysis, and lack of solutions to the economic and financial crisis that has been affecting the country for about four years continue. 

The Union stated, "Since the second half of 2021, we have repeatedly warned about the vulnerability of the food security of the Lebanese people due to their inability to access the food they need because of the collapse of their purchasing power with the collapse of the national currency."  

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