In recent years, the number of people and countries facing food and nutrition crises has consistently increased. According to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), 2021 saw unprecedented levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition. Around 193 million people were acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance and nearly 26 million children under five years old suffered from wasting, thus requiring urgent treatment.1 Partly as a result of the increasingly protracted nature of food and nutrition crises, chronic food insecurity and malnutrition have also been on the rise.

Global initiatives are underway to promote improved food security and nutrition analysis. In 2021, the G7 published a policy statement with a list of common principles for improving global food security monitoring systems. Simultaneously, global efforts to harmonize and systematize collective responses to food security have gained momentum, including the Global Network Against Food Crises, the Global Alliance for Food Security, and the Global Food Coalition. A number of key themes and challenges were identified by these initiatives, and will be priorities for food security and nutrition analysis in the coming years.

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