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Number of people affected by undernourishment in 2010–12 (by region, in millions) [34] Number of severely food insecure people by region (2014–2018) Food insecurity levels by region and sex (2022) Close to 12 percent of the global population was severely food insecure in 2020, representing 928 million people -148 million more than in 2019. [5]
Food Security and Nutrition; The Suite of Food Security Indicators, including the series of SDG indicators 2.1.1 (prevalence of undernourishment) and 2.1.2 (prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity) and statistics on the dimensions of availability, access, utilization and stability. Food Balances
Indicator 2.1.2: Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). [23] Food insecurity is defined by the UN FAO as the "situation when people lack secure access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life."
The number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide has more than doubled to 345 million since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate change, the World Food Programme (WFP ...
The World Food Program director said the agency and its partners started a hot meal service for newly displaced people in the capital, starting with 2,000 meals a day and now up to nearly 14,000 ...
In this region there are 41 million people who are food insecure and 9 million who are in a food crisis and need immediate assistance with food. [31] There are many factors that contribute to malnutrition in Africa. [33] There are environmental factors such as degradation of land and unexpected weather changes. [33]
The Global Food Security Index consists of a set of indices from 113 countries. It measures food security across most of the countries of the world. [ 1 ] It was first published in 2012, and is managed and updated annually by The Economist 's intelligence unit.
The 32nd Session of FAO's Committee on World Food Security in 2006, attended by 120 countries, was widely criticized by non-governmental organizations, but largely ignored by the mainstream media. Oxfam called for an end to the talk-fests [84] while Via Campesina issued a statement that criticised FAO's policy of Food Security. [85]