There are still 690 million people starving in the world. What is the reason?

I have to say that this year is really eventful. To say that the most serious epidemic this year is the COVID-19 epidemic. Because of this year's epidemic, most industries in the world have been affected to some extent, but the food related to our human survival is now in crisis.

Relevant reports issued by international agricultural and food-related institutions show that the world's grain harvest has been greatly reduced due to the epidemic, and it is estimated that 690 million people around the world will go hungry. It accounts for a large proportion of the world's population of more than 7 billion, and nearly one in ten people are starving.

The primary and direct factor leading to this problem is this year's epidemic. The grain grown in farmers' homes can't be sold at all, and some merchants who buy grain are at home, which leads to the shortage of food in the market, which is also the reason why the price of vegetables and fruits was so high some time ago.

Although the impact of food shortage caused by this epidemic is not great in China, it is not so good in some areas, such as those that have been plagued by locusts. The cause of the food crisis is closely related to the rare locust outbreaks in Kenya and Ethiopia. Locusts not only raged in these two countries, but even once reached countries such as Arabia, the Middle East and South Asia. This locust plague has caused some damage to crops in countries along the route, and the grain production has been seriously reduced, making the already poor families worse.

To some extent, the fire in Australia also had an impact in this regard. In addition, some time ago, the continuous heavy rainfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River basin in China caused some crops to be flooded. The loss of these grains is calculated according to hundreds of millions of kilograms. It is reported that a person can probably eat more than 20 tons of grain in his life, and these lost grains can be enough for many people to eat for a lifetime. In fact, saving food anytime and anywhere is a virtue. Maybe a meal you accidentally waste is a person's daily ration, especially at this juncture, it is even more valuable to scrimp and save.