WFPトップが日本で会見「かつてない食料危機」

WFP Top Meeting in Japan ”Unprecedented Food Crisis”

WFP Top Meeting in Japan ”Unprecedented Food Crisis”
WFP=国連世界食糧計画のデイビッド・ビーズリー事務局長はロシアのウクライナ侵攻で食料危機が今までにないほど深刻化していると警鐘を鳴らしました

WFP = UN World Food Program Secretary-General David Beasley warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made the food crisis more serious than ever.

WFP = UN World Food Program Secretary-General David Beasley warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made the food crisis more serious than ever.
ビーズリー事務局長は11日の会見で、ウクライナ侵攻で流通が滞り、世界がかつてない食料危機に陥っていると強調しました

At the press conference on the 11th, Secretary-General Beasley emphasized that the invasion of Ukraine has stalled distribution and the world is in an unprecedented food crisis.

At the press conference on the 11th, Secretary-General Beasley emphasized that the invasion of Ukraine has stalled distribution and the world is in an unprecedented food crisis.
また、深刻な飢餓に苦しむ人はウクライナ侵攻後に1億人ほど急増し、世界で3億4500万人に上ったと述べました

He also said that the number of people suffering from severe hunger surged by about 100 million after the invasion of Ukraine, reaching 345 million worldwide.

He also said that the number of people suffering from severe hunger surged by about 100 million after the invasion of Ukraine, reaching 345 million worldwide.
ウクライナでは毎年およそ4億人の需要を賄える穀物を作っているとし、危機緩和のためには南部オデーサの港を開く必要性があると訴えました

Ukraine produces grain that can meet the demand of about 400 million people every year, and said that it is necessary to open a port in southern Odesa to mitigate the crisis.

Ukraine produces grain that can meet the demand of about 400 million people every year, and said that it is necessary to open a port in southern Odesa to mitigate the crisis.
さらに、日本の主食である米についても肥料不足が進むと入手が困難になる恐れがあると警告しました

Furthermore, we warned that it may be difficult to obtain rice, which is the staple food of Japan, if the fertilizer shortage progresses.

Furthermore, we warned that it may be difficult to obtain rice, which is the staple food of Japan, if the fertilizer shortage progresses.