Thank you, Mr. Davies, for the question. It's a very important one.
There are a multitude of factors that are driving food insecurity. In our statement, we mention that poverty is the number one factor that is driving food insecurity, and that encompasses a multitude of factors. When you look at the cost of living, it has been increasing over time; on the other hand, we haven't had any significant increases in people's disposable incomes. For example, from 2021 to 2022 the cost of living, in terms of inflation, rose by nearly 10%. This is not a recent phenomenon. If we cast a wider look, say for the past 25 years, we've actually seen that the cost of living has risen by roughly 67% in terms of the consumer price index, but when you set that aside and look at the increases in personal income, you actually see that it has risen by only 36%.
In other words, what we're saying is that the cost of living has increased twice as much as people's incomes have increased, so that leaves households with little to afford their basic needs.