MID-YEAR UPDATE

Forced displacement of people in food-crisis countries/territories continues to increase, with alarming numbers of people in the Gaza Strip and the Sudan exposed to very high levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition. [...] In the 59 countries/territories with acute food security data in the GRFC 2024, the number of people in forced displacement reached an estimated The most significant increases in the numbers of refugees and asylum seekers 99.1 million by July 2024, up from 91.7 million at the end of 2023. [...] In July, the Famine Review Committee concluded that the prevalence of See Annexe 3 for complete Nutrition dataset DRIVERS | The drivers of food crises are interlinked and overlay structural weaknesses Conflict is the major driver of acute food insecurity and malnutrition, increase the likelihood of an above-average Atlantic hurricane season and notably in the Gaza Strip and the Sudan, where the co. [...] In Lebanon, the number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity decreased decreased but remains high, and the security situation, particularly along in Afghanistan due to better 2023 harvests and humanitarian and livelihood the Blue Line, remains volatile with increased displacement from southern support. [...] Europe There are no new acute food insecurity data for refugee populations in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Türkiye, populations in Palestine (West The war in Ukraine continues to disrupt the country’s agrifood sector Bank) and the Syrian Arab Republic, which was one of the ten worst food and drive high levels of acute food insecurity, particularly in conflict crises in 2023.