It provides updates on global food security & highlights solutions WFP can offer to respond to crises, and tackle root causes of hunger.  

Key Highlights                                                                     

• Global Hunger Crisis: An estimated 343 million people across 74 countries are acutely food insecure, with 1.9 million people on the brink of hunger.
• Key Factors: Armed violence is a key driver in 14 out of 16 hunger hotspots like Sudan, Gaza, etc. Other factors includes food Inflation, extreme weather events etc.
  • 65 % of acutely food-insecure people live in fragile/conflict-affected situations.
• Funding Requirement: WFP requires US$16.9 billion to provide critical assistance to 123 million of most vulnerable people facing food insecurity worldwide.
• India Specific: 
  • India is home to a quarter of all undernourished people worldwide.
    • Around 21.25 % of population lives on less than US$1.90 a day.
  • 38% of children aged 6-59 months grappling with chronic malnutrition.

WFP’s Approach to Combating Hunger

• Investing in local nutritious food solutions, fortification & social protection systems, to reduce needs in long term.
• Empowering vulnerable communities to withstand shocks through improved livelihoods, climate protection etc.
• Other: Increasing institutional capacity at local level, address gender inequalities affecting food insecurities etc.