The State of Food Insecurity in the World

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The State of Food Insecurity in the World

• Addressing food insecurity in protracted crises
• Economic and Social Development DepartmentFood
  and Agriculture Organization of the United
  NationsRome, October 2010
• http//www.fao.org/publications/sofi

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Some basic terms and definitions

• Food security exists when all people, at all
  times, have physical, social and economic access
  to sufficient, safe and nutritious food
• Undernourishment describes the status of persons
  whose food intake regularly provides less than
  their minimum energy requirements
• Hunger targets are outlined in two main
  agreements the World Food Summit Target and the
  Millennium Development Goals

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Trends in world hunger
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Global hunger declining, but still unacceptably
high

• The number of undernourished people in the world
  is expected to decline in 2010 but it is still
  higher than before the economic and food price
  crises.
• The decline is due to
• - increased economic growth
• -the fall in international food prices since
  2008

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Where do the hungry live?
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• The designations employed and the presentation of
  material in the map(s) do not imply the
  expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part
  of FAO concerning the legal or constitutional
  status of any country, territory or sea area, or
  concerning the delimitation of frontiers.

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Protracted crises a special case
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Characteristics of protracted crisis include

• Duration or longevity of the crisis
• Conflict
• Weak governance
• Unsustainable livelihood systems and poor food
  security outcomes
• Breakdown of local institutions

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Food security outcomes in protracted crises

• Approximately 166 million undernourished people
  in countries in protracted crisis
• Roughly 20 percent of the worlds undernourished
  people live in countries in protracted crisis, or
  more than a third of the global total if China
  and India are excluded
• Not all countries in protracted crisis have very
  high levels of undernourishment in some
  countries crises are localized to certain areas
  or regions

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For more information

• The State of Food Insecurity in the World
• The international reference on global hunger
  issues
• Available in English, French, Spanish, Russian,
  Arabic and Chinese
• www.fao.org/publications/sofi