GLOBAL FOOD INSECURITY DROPS

The number of food-insecure people in the 76 low- and middle-income countries is projected to fall 9% to 490 million in 2014 from 539 million in 2013, according to a new USDA report. But over the longer term, the food security situation is projected to deteriorate with the share of the population that is food insecure projected to reach 14.6% in 2024 up from 13.9% in 2014.Sub-Saharan Africa experienced thegreatest decline of all regions. The number of food-insecure Africans is projected to fall by nearly 13%. Still, nearly 30% of the population will remain food insecure.

 

Source: USDA, 7/1/14, Food Insecurity