The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) released the Global Food Policy Report-2023.
Rise in food insecurity during 2020-2022 due to multiple crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, natural disasters along with civil unrest and political instability.
205 million people across 45 countries experienced crisis-level acute food insecurity or worse in 2022.
20% of Africa’s population is food insecure and undernourished.
Due to the climate change impact, as many as 72 million more people will be undernourished by 2050.
Half of the world’s population or around 3.83 billion people worldwide live in households reliant on agrifood systems-based livelihoods.