Near East and North Africa – Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2024: Financing the Transformation of Agrifood Systems

Cairo (Egypt): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024.

English

186 p.

978-92-5-139414-4

Hunger in the Arab region worsened amid deepening crises in 2023. The Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition warns that the Arab region remains off-track to meet the food security and nutrition targets of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.In 2023, 66.1 million people, approximately 14 percent of the population in the Arab region, faced hunger. The report highlights that access to adequate food remains elusive for millions. Around 186.5 million people – 39.4 percent of the population – faced moderate or severe food insecurity, an increase of 1.1 percentage points from the previous year. Alarmingly, 72.7 million people experienced severe food insecurity.

Electronic ed.

ELR 1091.2024

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