FSIN FoodSecurityInformationNetwork Jointanalysisforbetterdecisions 2023 Requiredcitation FSINandGlobalNetworkAgainstFoodCrises.2023. GRFC2023.Rome. Allrightsreserved.Reproductionanddisseminationofmaterialinthisinformationproductforeducationalorothernon-commercialusesareauthorizedwithoutanypriorwrittenpermissionfromthecopyrightholdersprovidedthesourceisfullyacknowledged. Reproductionofmaterialinthisinformationproductforresaleorothercommercialpurposesisprohibitedwithoutwrittenpermission.ApplicationsforsuchpermissionshouldbeaddressedtotheFoodSecurityInformationNetworkSecretariat,email:fsin-secretariat@wfp.org ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofmaterialinthisinformationproductdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheFoodSecurityInformationNetwork(FSIN),itsconstituentpartiesanditspartnersconcerningthelegalordevelopmentstatusof anycountry,territory,cityorarea,orofitsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries. ©FSIN2023 ThecollaborativeprocessthatproducedtheseventhannualGlobalReportonFoodCrises2023startedinDecember2022andwasmadepossiblethroughthecommitmentofindividualsandpartnerorganizations.ThedraftingandreviewprocessoftheGRFCisfacilitatedbytheSecretariatoftheFoodSecurityInformationNetworkandreliesonthecontributionofdata,technicalexpertise,feedbackandparticipationofindividualsfromthe16GRFCpartnerorganizations. SpecialthankstotheFSINteamwhoonceagainworkedtirelesslytoproducethedocument,listentoreviewersandenrichtheproductbasedontheirfeedback;theSeniorCommitteewhoprovidedguidance;theTechnicalWorkingGroupswhobroughttheirknowledgeandexpertisetodeepentheanalysis;andthecommunicationscolleagueswhoensurethatthefindingsandmessagesoftheGRFCareknown.Thanksarealsoextendedtoalltheindividualsbasedinregionsandcountrieswhobroughttheirexpertisetotheproduct.Thenameslistedbelowarebynomeansexhaustiveforaproductofthisnature: FSINSecretariat FedericaCarfagna,LynnClark,CarlosManuelEstevezReyes,GiulioFabris,MariaPaolaGuerra, SueMacDonald,SaraMchattie,PatriciaVelasco,EmilyOlsson,Anna-LeenaRasanen,AnnikaStanleyandKatyWilliams. GRFCpartners AntenehDobamo,LaviniaAntonaci,ImmaculateAtieno,VicenteAnzellini,AndrewBeckingham,HeleneBerton,EricBranckaert,EnnieShonhiwaChikwanha,SophieChotard,AlessandroCostantino,AnneCelineDelinger,NanaDlamini,AbdiFidar,GwenaelleGarnier,ValerieGatchell,NickGoetschalckx,ShannonHayes,NikkiAlexandraHerwanger,TimHoffine,LenaHohfeld,ArifHusain,BaouaIssoufou,SallyJames,DouglasJayasekaran,DamienJoud,KudzayiKariri,BrendaLazarus,JoséLopez,OliverMaes,HamadounMahlamoudou,AbdulMajid,WilliamsMassaoud,AurélienMellin,QuraishiaMerzouk,NaserMohmand,CharityMumbua,AnuradhaNarayan,MaryNjenga,TheuriTerryNjeri,CinziaPapavero,JonathanPound,HasinaRakotomanana,FelixRembold,BrendanRice,JavierRodriguezCorrales,VanessaRoy,JoséRuizEspí,LucaRusso,MohamedSalem,DuncanSamikwa,EdgarScrase,RicardoSibrián,JungEunSohn,ChristineStrassmaier, AhmedSulaiman,FeliciaTakavarasha,GaolatheThobokwe,PhilippeTomas,LauraTosi,MonikaTothova,JoseManuelVeigaLopez-Pena,RoosmarijnVerstraeten,JoseluisVivero,RobVos,AnneWagner,LisamarieZammitandMarioZappacosta. ThisreportwouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthegeneroussupportoftheEuropeanUnion. ThisreportwasmadepossibleinpartthroughsupportprovidedbytheU.S.AgencyforInternationalDevelopment'sBureauforHumanitarianAssistance.TheopinionsexpressedhereinarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheU.S.AgencyforInternationalDevelopment. GlobalNUTRITIONCLUSTER Keytoicons Acutelyfood-insecurepeople Hostcommunities Conflict/insecurity Displacementcamps Weatherextremes/drought Nutrition Weatherextremes/flooding Wasting Economicshocks Agriculturalpests Pregnantandlactatingwomen Infectiousdiseases Livestock Healthandnutritionservices Displacement–Internallydisplacedpeople(IDPs) Foodinsecurity/lackofaccesstohealthydiets Displacement–RefugeesMaternalandchild-feeding Displacement–Returneespractices Mapdisclaimer TheboundariesandnamesshownandthedesignationsusedonallthemapsinthisdocumentdonotimplyofficialendorsementoracceptancebytheUnitedNations.DottedlinerepresentsapproximatelytheLineofControlinJammuandKashmiragreeduponbyIndiaandPakistan.ThefinalstatusofJammuandKashmirhasnotyetbeenagreeduponbytheparties.FinalboundarybetweentheRepublicofSudanandtheRepublicofSouthSudanhasnotyetbeendetermined.FinalstatusoftheAbyeiareaisnotyetdetermined.AdisputeexistsbetweentheGovernmentsofArgentinaandtheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandconcerningsovereigntyovertheFalklandIslands(Malvinas). Foreword6 THEGLOBALREPORTONFOODCRISES2023|INBRIEF7 CHAPTER1AGLOBALOVERVIEWOFFOODCRISES8 WhatistheGlobalReportonFoodCrises?9 Spotlight|TheimpactofthewarinUkraineonglobalfoodcrises13 Spotlight|Timelyactionsaveslivesandmoney16 Acutefoodinsecurityoverview,2022–2317 Tableofacutefoodinsecurityestimates,2021–2330 CHAPTER2REGIONALOVERVIEWSOFFOODCRISESIN202235 CentralandSouthernAfrica36 EastAfrica39 WestAfricaandtheSahel,andCameroon43 Asia48 LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean51 MiddleEastandNorthAfrica55 Spotlight|C