Global Report on Food Crises 2023

Global Report on Food Crises 2023

News: The Global Report on the Food Crises (GRFC) 2023 released recently estimated that between 691 million and 783 million people in the world suffered from hunger in 2022 (showing levels far higher than pre-pandemic 2019)

About GRFC:
• The Global Report on Food Crises 2023 is a document that provides a consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity in countries with food crises.
• It is produced by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN) in support of the Global Network against Food Crises (GNAFC), which is a partnership of 16 organizations.
 

What is Food security?
• According to the World Food Summit of 1996, Food Security is When all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

What are the key Drivers of Food insecurity?
• Economic downturns in major economies and Pandemic-related disruptions in 2020 led to job losses and reduced incomes for many people
• Ukraine’s war
• Increasing Urbanization

What are the key recommendations of the Report?
• Enable access to Healthy diets.
• Make nutrition a priority in government policy, supported by civil society and the private sector.
• Encourage shops to sell greater amount of fresh and minimally processed foods
• Develop quality rural and feeder roads to connect remote farms and enterprises to main road networks.
• Encourage Public Investments in warehousing, cold storage, electrification, digital tools, and water supply.
• Effective implementation of policies by local governments for making healthy diets available and affordable for all.