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.
- India is home to a quarter of all undernourished people worldwide.
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.
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