Some 40 million (4 crore) more people globally experienced acute food insecurity at crisis or worse levels in 2021 than 2020, according to the annual Global Report on Food Crises 2022.
- The report was released by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) on May 4, 2022.
Salient features
- The number of people facing hunger rose to 193 million last year as conflict, climate change and economic crises ravaged people’s livelihoods.
- Of these, over half a million people (570,000) in Ethiopia, southern Madagascar, South Sudan and Yemen were classified in the most severe phase of acute food insecurity.
- Urgent action is required to avert widespread collapse of livelihoods, starvation and death for these half a million.
- The situation is expected to worsen in 2022. In 41 out of the 53 countries/territories included in this report, as well as Cabo Verde, between 179 million and 181 million people are already forecast to be in Crisis or worse or equivalent in 2022.
What is acute food insecurity ?
- The United Nations (UN) defines “acute food insecurity” as when a person’s inability to consume adequate food puts their lives or livelihoods in immediate danger.
About Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC)
- Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) is an international alliance of the United Nations, the European Union, governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together.
- It aims to develop data-informed and evidence-based approaches, build capacities and provide knowledge in order to more effectively prevent, prepare for and respond to food crises, and ultimately contribute to longer term recovery, development and resilience building efforts.
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