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FAO / GLOBAL REPORT ON FOOD CRISES 2025

Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink, in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions, according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC).

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Date 05/15/2025

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Shotlist STORY: FAO / GLOBAL REPORT ON FOOD CRISES
TRT: 05’:04’’
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT FAO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: FAO HEADQUARTERS, ROME, ITALY, 14 MAY 2025 / RECENT

SHOTLIST:

16 SEPTEMBER 2024, COTONOU, BENIN
1. Wide shot, city market

2 JULY 2024, KAPOETA, SOUTH SUDAN
2. Wide shot, women carrying water canisters

12 JUNE 2022, BOHOL, PHILIPPINES
3. Med shot, man arranging fruits on a market stall

15 SEPTEMBER 2024, TIQUINA, BOLIVIA
4. Med shot, women buying food in a market

FILE - FAO HEADQUARTERS, ROME, ITALY
5. Wide shot, FAO headquarters
6. Tilt down, FAO logo

14 MAY 2025, FAO HEADQUARTERS, ROME, ITALY
7. Pan right, Rein Paulsen, Director of the FAO Office of Emergencies and Resilience
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience: “The 2025 Global Report on Food Crisis paints a staggering picture. 295 million people acutely food insecure in 53 countries and territories, and a prevalence rate of acute food insecurity of some 22.6 percent.”

30-31 OCTOBER 2024, MYKOLAIVSKA OBLAST, UKRAINE
9. Wide shot, destroyed house
10. Wide shot, war remnants

23 JANUARY 2025, BETHANCHOWK, KAVREPALANCHOWK, NEPAL
11. Aerial shot, wildfire at night

22 MAY 2022, SUNAMGONJ, BANGLADESH
12. Wide shot, heavy rain falling on a river

12 FEBRUARY 2024, AL JAWL, ABYAN, YEMEN
13. Med shot, farmer examining dried soil and looking at the sky

2 JULY 2024, KAPOETA TOWN, SOUTH SUDAN
14. Med shot, woman purchasing food at the meat market
15. Wide shot, people on Kapoeta street

14 MAY 2025, FAO HEADQUARTERS, ROME, ITALY
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience: “The main factors behind these increasing numbers are threefold. In the first instance, conflict and insecurity is the primary driver, remains the primary driver for acute food insecurity. Weather extremes is the second most important factor. And economic issues and challenges the third most important factor. And the analysis shows, of course, that in many of the crisis contexts, these three factors are often overlapping.”

11 DECEMBER 2024, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP
17. Camera car of destroyed buildings
18. Pan right, destroyed agricultural warehouse

14 APRIL 2024, SHATA VILLAGE, SUDAN
19. Wide shot, Rein Paulsen walking with farmers
20. Med shot, Rein Paulsen by a well

NOVEMBER 2016, PORT SALUT, HAITI
21. Pan right, distribution of agricultural aid
22. Med shot, people queuing at agricultural aid distribution

14 MAY 2025, FAO HEADQUARTERS, ROME, ITALY
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience: “When we talk about the most extreme form of acute hunger, what we classify as IPC five, as we are seeing in Gaza, as we are seeing in Sudan, as we are seeing in Haiti and Mali, that these contexts are all touched by conflict and violence in different ways. And in practical terms, what this often means is an inability to physically access people who are most urgently in need of assistance.”

25 NOVEMBER 2024, BUKAVU, SOUTH KIVU, DRC
24. Aerial shot, hills of South Kivu

18 MAY 2024, COLOMBIA
25. Tilt down, woman feeding children

27 APRIL 2025, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
26. Aerial shot, herders leading sheep

29 MAY 2024, KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN
27. Med shot, farmer harvesting wheat

30 APRIL 2024, VASYLKIVKA, UKRAINE
28. Various shots, soybean distribution

14 MAY 2025, FAO HEADQUARTERS, ROME, ITALY
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience: “If we compare the situation year on year and we see that in 19 countries in context, the situation worsened in terms of acute food insecurity, but in 15 countries in context, the situation improved. And just to mention a few of those. Afghanistan, Ukraine, Guatemala, Kenya. These are all countries where because of humanitarian assistance, because of the right types of interventions, including emergency agricultural interventions, there are millions fewer people in need of assistance this year compared to last year.”

4 JULY 2024, TEREKEKA, SOUTH SUDAN
30. Tracking shot, FAO boat on Nile

SEPTEMBER 2023, CHOLUTECA, HONDURAS
31. Pan down, FAO technician showing farmers how to build water tanks

21-22 OCTOBER 2024, MIFTA EL KHEIR, MAURITANIA
32. Med shot, FAO staff showing to a farmer how to collect plant seeds for seeding

24 NOVEMBER 2024 KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN
33. Wide shot, farmer seeding wheat

7-11 NOVEMBER 2022, PUNJAB, INDIA
34. Med shot, women harvesting vegetables

14 MAY 2025, FAO HEADQUARTERS, ROME, ITALY
35. SOUNDBITE (English) Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience: “In light of the uncertain funding situation moving forward, FAO recommends that we concentrate on the most cost effective and dignified ways of responding to acute food insecurity. In clear, simple terms, this means much more attention to emergency agricultural interventions. It's four times cheaper than other types of food assistance. It will allow us to support four times as many people who are acutely food insecure, and allow them, in turn, to produce four times as much food. So, this is a clear recommendation from FAO side based on the strong analysis in the Global Report.”

4-6 APRIL 2024, GAZA STRIP
36. Med shot, FAO staff helping a farmer carry a fodder bag

23 NOVEMBER 2024, RUSAYO 2 IDP CAMP, RUSAYO, NORTH KIVU, DRC
37. Wide shot, an FAO micro-garden in camp

10 DECEMBER 2024, SHIBAM, HADRAMAUT, YEMEN
38. Med shot, farmer harvesting vegetables

23-28 FEBRUARY, BINAYI TRIVENI RURAL MUNICIPALITY, NEPAL
39. Medium shot, women cut and collect biomass from the forest floor as part of an FAO project

29 MAY 2024, KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN
40. Close up, wheat ready to be harvested in a field

Script Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink, in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions, according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC).

In 2024, more than 295 million people across 53 countries and territories experienced acute levels of hunger– an increase of 13.7 million from 2023. Of great concern is the worsening prevalence of acute food insecurity, which now stands at 22.6 percent of the population assessed. This marks the fifth consecutive year in which this figure has remained above 20 percent.

SOUNDBITE (English) Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience:

“The 2025 Global Report on Food Crisis paints a staggering picture. 295 million people acutely food insecure in 53 countries and territories, and a prevalence rate of acute food insecurity of some 22.6 percent.”

The report shows conflict remained the top driver of acute food insecurity, affecting around 140 million people in 20 countries and territories. Famine has been confirmed in Sudan, while other hotspots have people experiencing Catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity include the Gaza Strip, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali.

Economic shocks including inflation and currency devaluation, drove hunger in 15 countries affecting 59.4 million people - still nearly double pre-COVID 19 levels despite a modest decline from 2023. Some of the largest and most protracted food crises were primarily driven by economic shocks, including in Afghanistan, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, and Yemen.

Weather extremes particularly El Niño-induced droughts and floods, pushed 18 countries into food crises affecting over 96 million people, with significant impacts in Southern Africa, Southern Asia and the Horn of Africa.

SOUNDBITE (English) Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience:

“The main factors behind these increasing numbers are threefold. In the first instance, conflict and insecurity is the primary driver, remains the primary driver for acute food insecurity. Weather extremes is the second most important factor. And economic issues and challenges the third most important factor. And the analysis shows, of course, that in many of the crisis contexts, these three factors are often overlapping.”

The number of people facing catastrophic hunger (IPC/CH Phase 5) more than doubled over the same period to reach 1.9 million – the highest on record since the GRFC began tracking in 2016.

Malnutrition, particularly among children, reached extremely high levels, including in the Gaza Strip, Mali, Sudan, and Yemen. Nearly 38 million children under five were acutely malnourished across 26 nutrition crises.

SOUNDBITE (English) Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience:

"When we talk about the most extreme form of acute hunger, what we classify as IPC five, as we are seeing in Gaza, as we are seeing in Sudan, as we are seeing in Haiti and Mali, that these contexts are all touched by conflict and violence in different ways. And in practical terms, what this often means is an inability to physically access people who are most urgently in need of assistance."

The report also highlights a sharp increase in hunger driven by forced displacement, with nearly 95 million forcibly displaced people – including internally displaced persons (IDPs), asylum seekers and refugees – living in countries facing food crises, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Sudan, and Syria out of a global total of 128 million forcibly displaced people.

Amid the overall deterioration, there is encouraging news from 2024: in 15 countries, acute food insecurity improved — showing that progress is possible. These gains were driven by a combination of factors, including sustained food and agricultural assistance, favorable harvests, easing inflation, and above-average rainfall. In some areas, reduced exposure to conflict, better income opportunities, and increased remittances also played a role.

SOUNDBITE (English) Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience:

“If we compare the situation year on year and we see that in 19 countries in context, the situation worsened in terms of acute food insecurity, but in 15 countries in context, the situation improved. And just to mention a few of those. Afghanistan, Ukraine, Guatemala, Kenya. These are all countries where because of humanitarian assistance, because of the right types of interventions, including emergency agricultural interventions, there are millions fewer people in need of assistance this year compared to last year.”

According to the GRFC outlook, hunger shocks will likely persist into 2025, as the Global Network anticipates the most significant reduction in humanitarian funding for food and nutrition crises in the report's history.

Acute food insecurity and malnutrition have increased to record levels, yet global funding is experiencing its fastest decline in years, and political momentum is weakening.

Breaking the cycle of rising hunger and malnutrition requires a bold reset – one that prioritizes evidence-driven and impact-focused action. This means pooling resources, scaling what works, and putting the needs and voices of affected communities at the heart of every response.

Beyond emergency aid, the Global Network Against Food Crises recommends investing in local food systems and integrated nutrition services to address long-term vulnerabilities and build resilience to shocks – especially in crisis-prone regions where 70 percent of rural households rely on agriculture for sustenance and livelihood.

SOUNDBITE (English) Rein Paulsen, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office of Emergencies and Resilience:

“In light of the uncertain funding situation moving forward, FAO recommends that we concentrate on the most cost effective and dignified ways of responding to acute food insecurity. In clear, simple terms, this means much more attention to emergency agricultural interventions. It's four times cheaper than other types of food assistance. It will allow us to support four times as many people who are acutely food insecure, and allow them, in turn, to produce four times as much food. So, this is a clear recommendation from FAO side based on the strong analysis in the Global Report.”

The Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) is an international alliance of the United Nations, the European Union, governmental and non-governmental agencies working together to address food crises. a unique platform of key operational agencies, international financial institutions, member states and organisations jointly seeking to reduce and end hunger with evidence-based actions proven to deliver impact.

Acute food insecurity is when a person's inability to consume adequate food puts their lives or livelihoods in immediate danger. It draws on internationally accepted measures of acute hunger, such as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and the Cadre Harmonisé (CH). It is not the same as chronic hunger, as reported on each year by the UN's annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report. Chronic hunger is when a person is unable to consume enough food over an extended period to maintain a normal, active lifestyle.

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