Key Messages:

• We continue to face a major food and nutrition security (FNS) crisis and projections indicate that 8% of the world population will still be facing hunger in 2030.

• Five key risks are affecting all aspects of FNS from food access and availability to food utilization and stability. Countries from all income groups are impacted.

• WBG committed $16b in response to FNS crisis: over $12b for WB (IBRD/IDA), exceeding its 15-month goal in less than a year; $3.5b for IFC; and $50m in MIGA guarantee.

• WBG FNS response is a mix of emergency response, and long-term investments in resilience. Social protection responses have been the first line of defense for mitigating the immediate impacts of the crisis.

• WB support is expected to benefit 296 million people, targeting at least 50% women.

• WBG support builds on partnerships at the global, regional and country levels, combining financing and knowledge to achieve the best impacts on the ground.