IFPRI Policy Seminar: Key Findings of FAO’s 2018 SOFI Report - 10/10/2018 - VSharan

Remarks Vimlendra Sharan, Director of FAO’s Liaison Office for North America FAO’s 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights that for the third consecutive year global hunger has risen, now standing at 821 million people today compared to 804 million last year. This three-year increase represents a reversal of nearly a decade of positive trends in the fight against global hunger. According to the report, which offers a significant update on the shifting global milieu that is affecting people's food security and nutrition, climate variability and conflict are among the key drivers of this worsening trend.