edited by|Antnio Fred "politics section"

Beirut; 19-Jan.-2023

UN agencies announced the dangerous situation in Lebanon as there are about

two million people who will face poverty and food insecurity.
UN agencies added Thursday that about 2 million Lebanese including 700,000 Syrian refugees are suffering some form of food insecurity as a result of the multiple crises afflicting the country.
The crisis is expected to go to the worst ...as the financial case of Lebanon goes from bad to the worst as the country failed to fulfill its debts.
Lebanon’s first ever Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Acute Food Insecurity Analysis predicts that the situation will deteriorate between January and April this year, with 2.26 million people - 1.46 million Lebanese residents and around 800,000 refugees - expected to be in the "crisis" phase or worse, needing urgent assistance.

The results of the analysis were officially launched by Agriculture Minister Abbas Hajj Hassan, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Lebanon, Nora Ourabah Haddad, and World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director in Lebanon, Abdallah Al Wardat.

UN Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon "Imran Riza "and other stakeholders who took part in the process were also at the launch.

A three-year economic crisis that has seen the currency depreciate heavily, protective food subsidies lifted, and living costs rise dramatically, is preventing families from accessing enough food and other basic needs each day.

“More people than ever before in Lebanon are now dependent on assistance,” said WFP’s Abdallah Al Alwardat. “These findings are deeply troubling and reflect the dire situation that many people in Lebanon are currently facing.”

According to FAO’s Nora Ourabah Haddad, “The IPC results give us a bleak picture of the food security in the country. They reconfirm the urgent need to transform the country’s agrifood systems to make them more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient, and more sustainable”.