International Food Security Assessment, 2019-29

by Karen Thome, Michael D. Smith, Kamron Daugherty, Nicholas Rada, Cheryl Christensen, and Birgit Meade

The share of food-insecure people in the 76 low- and middle-income countries included in this report is projected to fall from 19.3 percent in 2019 to 9.2 percent in 2029. The number of food-insecure people is projected to fall markedly, 45 percent, which is faster than the decline in the intensity of food insecurity, at the aggregate level.

Keywords: Food security, food demand, food prices, income, food supply, grain production, area, yield, commercial imports, export earnings, calories, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, protein, fat

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