2022: WFP.org Stories You Missed

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David Beasley with people in Rivie, Ukraine, in April.
WFP executive director David Beasley meets displaced people in Rivne in western Ukraine in April. The ongoing war in the country wreaked havoc with what was already an unprecedented global food crisis in 2022. Photo: WFP/Marco Frattini

The global food crisis leaves the world entering 2023 with a million people facing famine and 49 million people in as many countries on the brink of catastrophic hunger. A record 349 million people currently acute food insecurity.

In 2022, skyrocketing food, fuel and fertilizer prices challenged people's access to basic nutrition in a world already reeling from the devastating intersection of conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

On wfp.org, the World Food Programme seeks to press home the need for action on emergencies while highlighting our work in resilience, empowering people to create food security over the long term... saving lives and changing lives. Below are a few stories you may have missed.

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