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- UN report says Africa now has 309 million hungry people.
- Two-thirds of Africans (66.6 percent) cannot afford a healthy diet costing 4.28 PPP dollars per day, above the $3 PPP extreme-poverty line.
- EU farm subsidies raised healthy-diet prices 36 percent from 2021 to 2025, lifting the daily cost to $3.97 per meal.
- The Hormuz conflict could push 8-19 million more people into chronic hunger by 2030, worst case 18.8 million.
