Global Food Insecurity Grows in 2022 Amid Backdrop of Higher Prices, Black Sea Conflict

Yacob Abrehe Zereyesus and Cardell Lila

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2022, vol. 2022

Abstract: USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) tracks food security trends in 77 low- and middle-income countries in four regions—Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia— in its annual International Food Security Assessment (IFSA). This year, ERS researchers found that with commodity prices rising in 2022, the prevalence of global food insecurity also grew. Overall, the number of food-insecure people in 2022 is estimated at 1.3 billion, an increase of 118.7 million people, or 10 percent, from ERS’ 2021 estimate. Moreover, almost 33 percent of the population of the IFSA countries is considered food insecure in 2022.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.338882

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