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Building climate resilience for food security and nutrition
Major report, 2018
New evidence this year corroborates the rise in world hunger observed in this report last year, sending a warning that more action is needed if we aspire to end world hunger and malnutrition in all...
Building climate resilience for food security and nutrition
Major report, 2018
A shorter version of the FAO flagship publication The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2018, the In Brief contains the key messages and main points from the publication and is...
Building resilience for peace and food security
Major report, 2017
Flagship publication series, monitors progress towards globally agreed food security and nutrition targets, providing analytical interpretation of trends and in-depth analysis on emerging issues to inform decision making and contribute to the achievement of ending...
Building resilience for peace and food security
Major report, 2017
A shorter version of the FAO flagship publication The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017, the In Brief is aimed at the media, policymakers and more general public. SOFI 2017 warns...
Meeting the 2015 international hunger targets: taking stock of uneven progress
Major report, 2015
This year´s annual State of Food Insecurity in the World report takes stock of progress made towards achieving the internationally established Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) and World Food Summit hunger targets and reflects on what...
Meeting the 2015 international hunger targets: taking stock of uneven progress
Major report, 2015
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015 takes stock of progress made since 1990 towards Millennium Development Goal 1, to “eradicate extreme poverty and hunger”, and World Food Summit hunger targets. Key success...
Strengthening the enabling environment for food security and nutrition
Major report, 2014
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. A stock-taking of where we stand...
The multiple dimensions of food security
Major report, 2013
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. The latest assessment shows that further...
Economic growth is necessary but not sufficient to accelerate reduction of hunger and malnutrition
Major report, 2012
The 2012 edition of The State of Food Insecurity in the World focuses on the importance of economic growth in overcoming poverty, hunger and malnutrition. We are pleased to note that many, though not all,...
How does international price volatility affect domestic economies and food security?
Major report, 2011
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011 highlights the differential impacts that the world food crisis of 2006-08 had on different countries, with the poorest being most affected. While some large countries were...