[CNMO News] The problem of world hunger is getting worse, CNM reported on October 27, the United Nations World Food Programme director David Beasley said he hopes billionaires use a small part of their net worth to help solve the problem of world hunger. He said $6 billion could help 42 million people, calling on billionaires such as Musk and Bezos to provide "one-time assistance." It is reported that Musk's net worth is $311 billion, and $6 billion is only a small part of it, to which Musk responded on Twitter.
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Musk said, "If WFP could explain in detail how to use $6 billion to tackle global hunger in a Twitter-themed post, and use transparent and open accounting methods to support it, I would immediately sell Tesla stock to solve the hunger problem." "It is reported that 5.2 million people in Ethiopia's Tigray region are in urgent need of food assistance, and more than 2 million people have been displaced.
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 states that some 811 million people worldwide were undernourished last year, and countries need to transform their agri-food systems to end hunger by 2030. According to the data, about 418 million people are undernourished in Asia, about 60 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa accounts for 21% of the total population.