U.N.
says up to 7 million people in critical need of food in
Syria
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[April 05, 2017] By
Farah Salhi
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Up to seven million
people are in critical need of food in Syria and the situation is
getting worse every day as the war drags on, a senior official at the
United Nations' food program said on Tuesday.
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The war in Syria, which has entered its seventh year, has killed
some 320,000 people, displaced millions and thrown civilians into
dire living conditions.
"The number of people who are in need of food assistance in Syria
has exceeded six-seven million, people who are in critical food
need," Muhannad Hadi, the U.N. World Food Program's regional
director told Reuters.
"As days pass, as months and weeks pass, the number of people who
are in need is increasing. And the situation on the ground is not
improving at all... In crisis like Syria, the ones who suffer the
most are definitely the children."
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Hadi, in Brussels for an international conference on Syria organized
by the European Union, said WFP delivers food parcels to four
million people in Syria and feeds nearly two million people in the
neighboring states every month.
The EU contributes funding to the WFP Syria program, which,
according to Hadi, is mostly restrained by the problems of reaching
many parts of Syria.
According to the U.N., food production has dropped to an all-time
low in Syria. Many farmers have had to abandon their land, unable to
afford the soaring costs of seeds, fertilizers and tractor fuel.
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Wheat output, vital for making flat loaves of bread which are a
staple of the Syrian diet, has fallen very sharply.
(Editing by Gabriela Baczynska and Stephen Powell)
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