The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report - 2024

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Table of Contents

• CONTENTS 3
• KEY MESSAGES 4 3
• FOREWORD 7 3
• PART 1 FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION AROUND THE WORLD IN 2020 11 3
• PART 2 TRANSFORMING FOOD SYSTEMS TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE HEALTHY DIETS FOR ALL 23 3
• KEY MESSAGES 4
• FOREWORD 7
• PART 1 11
• 1.1 PROGRESS TOWARDS HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY TARGETS 11
• KEY MESSAGES 11
• SDG Indicator 2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment PoU 12
• SDG Indicator 2.1.2 Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population based on the FIES 15
• 1.2 PROGRESS TOWARDS GLOBAL NUTRITION TARGETS 16
• KEY MESSAGES 16
• 1.3 THE CRITICAL LINK BETWEEN FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION OUTCOMES FOOD CONSUMPTION AND DIET QUALITY 19
• KEY MESSAGES 19
• Trends in food availability 20
• Dietary diversity 20
• How does food insecurity affect what people eat 20
• 1.4 CONCLUSIONS 22
• 2.1 THE COST AND AFFORDABILITY OF HEALTHY DIETS AROUND THE WORLD 23
• KEY MESSAGES 23
• PART 2 23
• Cost and affordability of healthy diets are critical for food security and nutrition 24
• Healthy diets are unaffordable for many people in all regions of the world especially the poor 24
• Analysis of cost and affordability of three diets 25
• Costs and affordability within countries 29
• 2.2 THE HIDDEN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF WHAT WE EAT 29
• KEY MESSAGES 29
• A valuation of hidden costs to dietary patterns 29
• Hidden health costs 30
• Hidden climate-change costs 30
• Health and climate-change costs putting them into context 32
• Managing trade-offs and exploiting synergies in the transition towards healthy diets 33
• 2.3 WHAT IS DRIVING THE COST OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD 34
• KEY MESSAGES 34
• Cost drivers in the production of diverse nutritious food 34
• Cost drivers along the food supply chain 36
• The food environment and consumer demand as a cost driver 36
• The political economy as a cost driver 37
• 2.4 POLICIES TO REDUCE THE COST OF NUTRITIOUS FOODS AND ENSURE AFFORDABILITY OF HEALTHY DIETS 38
• KEY MESSAGES 38
• Setting the stage for effective food systems transformation 39
• Policy options to reduce the cost and enhance affordability of healthy diets 39
• Consumer-oriented policies to ensure affordability of healthy diets 41
• Complementary policies that promote healthy diets 41