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Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate crises and variability. Recurrent droughts are one of the major causes of livelihood disruptions in the country, especially in pastoral areas like the Somali Region, where extreme weather events lead to failure of livestock production, water shortages and prolonged periods of food insecurity.

Haiti, one of the poorest countries globally and within the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC) is extremely vulnerable to climate change and extreme events, which, when coupled with ongoing political unrest, insecurity and instability, exacerbates its rapid economic decline.

“Nearly a third of the population of Afghanistan currently does not know where their next meal will come from and they urgently need humanitarian food security assistance,“ said Ambassador Takayoshi Kuromiya, “Japan continues to stand with the people of Afghanistan and also invests into the future of the country through our support to WFP’s work with primary school girl and boy students.” With

There are 734 million people going hungry around the world, 122 million more than in 2019, according to newly released UN figures for 2022. Launched last week by agencies including the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme (WFP), ‘The State of Food and Nutrition in the World 2023’ (SOFI) report estimates 29.6 percent of the world’s population, around 2.4 billion people,

Rising food prices risk pushing thousands of families into severe food insecurity. This comes on top of a growing humanitarian crisis on the border as families continue to flee conflict and the world’s largest hunger crisis in Sudan. But even without the impact of the conflict, South Sudan is already facing horrific hunger levels driven by flooding, drought and irregular rainfall.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has long enlisted the voluntary services and support of prominent figures as Goodwill Ambassadors, Advocates and High-Level Supporters to help bring attention to global hunger.

ROME – According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), nearly 282 million people in 59 countries and territories experienced high levels of acute hunger in 2023 - a worldwide increase of 24 million from the previous year.