News Center- Acute food insecurity continues to rise at an alarming rate, with nearly 300 million people at risk of death through starvation, said the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) published by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN) in collaboration with partners and technical agencies.

Escalating conflict and cuts to humanitarian aid along with climate and economic shocks forced an additional 13.7 million people into chronic food insecurity in 2024, according to the report.

In 2024, 295.3 million people, 22.6 percent of the analysed population, faced high levels of acute food insecurity in 53 of the 65 countries/territories selected for the Global Report on Food Crises.

“Conflict/insecurity remained the primary driver in 20 countries/territories, with 139.8 million people facing high levels of acute food insecurity. It was the primary driver for the significant deteriorations in Nigeria, the Sudan and Myanmar, and for the majority of populations in facing Catastrophe (IPC/CH Phase 5),” the report said, stressing that the total number of people facing Catastrophe (IPC/CH Phase 5) more than doubled between 2023 and 2024, driven by conflict.

“Over 95 percent of them were in Palestine (Gaza Strip) and Sudan. South Sudan, Haiti and Mali also had populations in this phase.”

Climate change will continue to drive the earth’s warming trend, with weather extremes becoming more frequent and severe.

‘At least 14 million children are at risk’

“The abrupt termination of funding in 2025 has disrupted operations, including in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, South Sudan, the Sudan and Yemen amid substantial reductions by major donors. Funding to humanitarian food sectors is projected to drop by up to 45 percent, risking a deepening of acute food insecurity. Nutrition services to at least 14 million children are at risk, leaving them vulnerable to severe malnutrition and death.”