{"id":115106,"date":"2026-07-25T13:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=115106"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:29:34","slug":"state-of-food-security-and-nutrition-in-the-world-2026-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/state-of-food-security-and-nutrition-in-the-world-2026-report\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 Report Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 Report was released.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 Report<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the <\/span><b>UN system\u2019s flagship assessment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of global hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is produced <\/span><b>jointly by FAO, IFAD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,(International Fund for Agricultural Development), <\/span><b>UNICEF, WFP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (World Food Programme) and <\/span><b>WHO.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It tracks <\/span><b>progress toward SDG\u202f2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through the latest global and regional estimates on food insecurity, diet quality and the global nutrition targets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Highlights of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 Report<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It showed that while global <\/span><b>food security and nutrition improved modestly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2025, progress remains uneven and insufficient to meet the 2030 targets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hunger affected 7.8 percent of the world\u2019s population<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and 2.1\u202fbillion people experienced moderate or severe food insecurity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Persistent disparities remain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly for women, young children and rural communities, and diet quality continues to lag worldwide.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The share of <\/span><b>undernourished Indians has more than halved<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over the past two decades, from 21.1 per cent in 2004-06 to 9.8 per cent in 2023-25.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India\u2019s healthy-diet cost has risen faster<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since 2017 \u2014 up nearly 48 per cent \u2014 compared to about 32 per cent in the US over the same period.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/governance\/hunger-declines-but-still-100-million-go-hungry-in-india-shows-un-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 Report is the UN system\u2019s flagship assessment of global hunger, food insecurity and 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