Despite hopes the world would emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and food security would begin to improve, world hunger rose further in 2021. The prevalence of undernourishment jumped from 8% in 2019 to 9.8% in 2021.
Starting in late 2019, the largest upsurge of desert locusts in living memory darkened the skies of East Africa and Yemen, threatening to wipe out crops and pastures in a region already beset by hunger.
Displaced populations often lack access to land, inputs and services, relying on small-scale and subsistence farming opportunities.
By rehabilitating a water pond and stocking it with fish, FAO, IFAD and WFP have contributed to improve the food security of local communities.