Launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023

Wednesday, 12 July | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
UNHQ, New York | Conference Room 3

Live webcast on FAO.org and UN Web TV 

SOFI 2023 report information note | Access the SOFI 2023 report

Revisit the FAO Chief Economist presentation | Joint FAO-WFP press conference

On 12 July 2023 from 10 AM to 12 PM (EDT), FAO and its co-publishing partners will be launching, for the fifth time, the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report at a Special Event in the margins of the ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). The 2023 edition of the report will present the latest updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world, including updated estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets. Subsequently, the report’s theme “Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation, and healthy diets across the rural-urban continuum” will explore how urbanization is shaping agrifood systems and the implications of this nexus for the availability and affordability of healthy diets, food security and nutrition.

About the SOFI 2023 report

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) is an annual flagship report jointly prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It monitors and analyses the world’s progress towards ending hunger, achieving food security and improving nutrition. It also provides in-depth analysis on key challenges for achieving these goals in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

SOFI 2023 report and changing agrifood systems amidst urbanization

Urbanization is changing agrifood systems globally in ways that can no longer be understood across the rural and urban divide. The changing pattern of population agglomerations along a rural–urban continuum and its interface as a place of exchange and socioeconomic interactions, is reshaping and being reshaped by agrifood systems, with implications for the availability and affordability of healthy diets, and in turn, for food security and nutrition.

This theme is aligned with the UN General Assembly “New Urban Agenda” and will contribute new evidence on the policies, investments and actions needed to limit risks of the negative effects of agrifood system transformation under urbanization and enable opportunities for access to affordable healthy diets, to improve food security and nutrition.

Meet the speakers ahead of the SOFI 2023 report launch here.

STATEMENTS

Secretary-General of the United Nations

Host and 78th President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

President of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly