High-Level Event for the launch of the Global Report on Food Crises 2022

4 May 2022. The Global Network Against Food Crises released the latest numbers on people facing acute hunger and malnutrition in crisis-prone countries in a new edition of the Global Report on Food Crises. The report is facilitated by the Food Security Information Network.

• GRFC (2022) Sixth annual Global Report on Food Crises #277 p.
• GRFC (2022)  Global Report on Food Crises 2022 - In Brief (English version) #3 p.

An event drew high-level panelists to address the latest acute food insecurity and malnutrition drivers and trends in countries with food crises, and timely review the measures required to tackle current emergencies.

The high-level event sized the opportunity to assess the preliminary impact of the spill-over effects of the crisis in Ukraine on food crises and fragile food systems. Moreover, the event contributed to the debate initiated by the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021 and provides an opportunity to solicit global thinking on the action needed to stem and turn the tide on the rising number of acute food insecure populations and the rebuilding of broken food systems.

The Global Network’s core partners issued a Joint Communique outlining their collective commitment to respond to multiplying food crises across the globe that are being compounded by new and old global challenges, as well as their plan to protect and strengthen food systems to sustainably address food crises.

While the international community has stepped up to calls for urgent famine mitigation action, global humanitarian and development funding for food crises is failing to match growing needs. While funding for humanitarian food assistance has been falling since 2017, the current shortfall is particularly stark due the COVID-19-induced economic slowdown and prioritization of the public health response to the pandemic.