Infographic: How Disasters Drive Hunger
03/17/2015. Disasters drive hunger. More than 80 per cent of hungry people live in disaster-prone areas and in degraded environments that multiply the damage that disasters create. With natural disasters on the increase, helping communities reduce and manage the risks they face is fundamental.
This infographic shows how disasters affect hunger and malnutrition, and how hunger and malnutrition increase disaster risk.
Discover the infografic on the World Food Program website
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