Lebanon defaulted on its debt, while the local currency has plummeted in value.
ESCWA said increased transaction costs of food imports could lead to a further rise in prices.
Earlier this month, ESCWA said more than 55 per cent of the Lebanese are "trapped in poverty ".
Beirut
More than half of Lebanon's population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a Beirut port blast that compounded the country's many woes, a UN agency said Sunday.
