The nonprofit, Action Against Hunger, February 22, 2023 released their global report “2023 Hunger Funding Gap Report — What’s Needed to Stop the Global Hunger Crisis.”
It reports that hunger is higher today than any time in recent decades, and that 50 million people are on the verge of famine. The hungriest countries, it says, are Afghanistan, CAR, DRC, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan. Conflict, climate and inflation are drivers of increased hunger.
- Action Against Hunger observes that as hunger increases, funding to fight hunger has decreased (as a percentage of appeals). “The world already has enough resources to meet the UN Global Goal of Zero Hunger by
2030. It would take $4 billion to fully fund the hunger-related appeals of the 13 countries in this report. … the world can’t afford to wait — particularly in the hunger hotspots featured in this report.”
In preparing the report, AAH reviewed UN humanitarian response plans, refugee response plans, flash appeals and the FAO’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system.
The report can be accessed or downloaded here.
-S Ha
nsch, WHES Director
