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International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

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Global hunger in 2022 affects 9.2 percent of the

According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023 (SOFI 2023) global hunger in 2022 affects 9.2 percent of the world population – between 691 and 783 million people – and a total of 2.4 billion people experience moderate or severe food insecurity.

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State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023 (SOFI 2023)

Healthy diet

More than 3.1 billion people, 42% of the world's population, could not afford a healthy diet in 2021, according to the SOFI 2023 report.

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State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023 (SOFI 2023)

Food systems

80% of deforestation, 70% of biodiversity loss and 70% of freshwater use are caused by food systems (WWF, 2022).

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WWF. (2022). Food Systems and Sustainable Land Use: A WWF food manifesto for COP15. https://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_food_manifesto_for_cop_15_7_may.pdf.

Food insecurity

258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022, in the 10 countries most affected by fragile and crisis contexts (OECD, 2022).

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OCDE. (2022). States of Fragility 2022. OECD Publishing, Paris. Food Security Information Network & Global Network Against Food Crises. (2023). Global Report on Food Crises 2023: Joint analysis for better decisions. https://www.fsinplatform.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/GRFC2023-compressed.pdf

Female labor force

43% of the world's agricultural labor force is made up of women, who play key roles in food production, processing, marketing and consumption.

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Reduce rural poverty. Women in agriculture. (s.f.). Organización de las Naciones Unidas para al Alimentación y la Agricultura. https://www.fao.org/reduce-rural-poverty/our work/women-in-agriculture/en/

Agricultural productivity

The 1% increase in global GDP from closing the gender gap in agricultural productivity and wages would reduce food insecurity by 2%, benefiting 45 million people.

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The status of women in agrifood systems. (s.f.). Organización de las Naciones Unidas para al Alimentación y la Agricultura. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/1b87f67b-57b2-4951 903f-b872f0ef021c

Endangered species

86% of endangered species, or 24,000 out of 28,000, are threatened by agriculture, which is the main driver of biodiversity loss.

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Benton, T., Bieg, C., Harwatt, H., Pudasaini, R., y Wellesley, L. (2021). Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss: Three levers for food system transformation in support of nature. Chatham House.

World energy

30% of the world's energy is used by food systems, which generate about 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, mainly due to the use of fossil fuels.

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Energy. (s.f.). Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. https://www.fao.org/energy/home/en

The food system has become more “global”

The food system has become more “global”, as exports from developing countries and emerging economies made up more than one-third of global agri-food exports by 2018 with around a third of global agricultural and food exports traded within global value chains

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The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020. (2020). Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. https://www.fao.org/resources/digital reports/stateof-agricultural-commodity-markets/en