Rising energy and fertiliser prices are likely to continue contributing to food inflation globally, the UN warned in its latest report. This in turn can drive up the cost of a healthy diet and threaten progress against global hunger.

Africa has overtaken Asia as the world’s hunger hotspot and could soon be home to almost 60 percent of the world’s chronically undernourished people.

Conflicts and disruptions to global energy markets could push millions more people into hunger by driving up fuel, fertilizer and food costs.