GLOBAL
REPORT ON THE FOOD CRISES (GRFC) 2023 - REPORT & INDICES
News:
What has to be done to
get to Zero Hunger?
What's
in the news?
● Recently
released Global Report on the Food Crises (GRFC) 2023 estimated that between
691 million and 783 million people in the world, suffer from hunger in 2022.
Global
Report on the Food Crises (GRFC) 2023:
● It
is a report that reveals the number of people suffering from acute food
insecurity.
Released
by:
Food
Security Information Network (FSIN) and Global Network against Food Crises
(GNAFC).
Release
frequency: Annually
Key finding from the report:
● It
estimated that between 691 million and 783 million people in the world suffered
from hunger in 2022.
● The
global prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity remained unchanged for
the second year in a row,
● In
2022, an estimated 2.4 billion people did not have access to adequate food.
This is still 391 million more people than in 2019.
● Prevalence of undernourishment
is around 9.2% of the world population in 2022 compared with 7.9% in 2019, according to the report.
● Stunting
among children under five years of age has declined steadily, from 204.2
million in 2000 to 148.1 million in
2022.
● Child wasting,
caused by insufficient nutrient intake or absorption, declined from 54.1
million in 2000 to 45 million in 2022.
● In
terms of children who are overweight or
obese, the study indicated a non-significant increase from 5.3% (33
million) in 2000 to 5.6 % (37 million)
in 2022.