What measures are being taken to address food insecurity globally?

Efforts to reduce food insecurity combine immediate hunger relief with longer-term work to make food more affordable, accessible, and reliably available. Governments, UN agencies, aid organizations, and local groups use different approaches depending on whether a community is facing conflict, poverty, a climate shock, or several pressures at once.

• Emergency food assistance: The World Food Programme and humanitarian partners provide food, cash, or vouchers during crises, while supporting logistics that help aid reach people affected by conflict or disasters.
• Social protection programs: Cash transfers, food subsidies, and nutrition support can help low-income households buy food, especially when prices rise or incomes fall.
• School meal programs: Meals at school support children’s nutrition and can ease the cost of feeding a family. In some places, programs also buy food from local farmers.
• Climate-resilient agriculture: Governments and development organizations promote practices and infrastructure that help farmers cope with droughts, floods, pests, and changing growing seasons.
• Food system resilience: Investment in storage, transport, local markets, and early-warning systems can reduce losses and help communities respond before a shortage becomes a crisis.

These measures are often delivered together rather than separately. For example, emergency cash aid may be paired with nutrition services, while longer-term agricultural support helps reduce future dependence on crisis relief. Progress remains uneven: conflict, displacement, high food prices, climate extremes, and funding shortfalls continue to leave many people without dependable access to nutritious food.