The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report will be released by the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This is an important global “report card” on hunger levels, food access, and the cost of healthy diets worldwide.
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I’m writing to offer interviews on the SOFI findings with Rotimy Djossaya, Chief Impact Officer at Action Against Hunger, a nonprofit that works across 55+ countries treating malnutrition and addressing the root causes of hunger.
This year’s SOFI report is especially critical given the unprecedented challenges facing global food security. Entitled “Understanding and Addressing the High Costs of a Healthy Diet,” it comes at a time when billions of people around the world are impacted by rising food costs, shrinking aid budgets and supply chain disruptions.
The report also lands amid a prolonged funding crisis. In early 2025, the US terminated 90% of its foreign aid contracts, including $1.4 billion in emergency nutrition funding – and the consequences are still unfolding. More than 13 million children in West and Central Africa alone are expected to suffer from malnutrition in 2026 as aid cuts push millions deeper into hunger. Supply chains for life-saving treatments like ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) remain disrupted, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues to drive up global food prices, putting vulnerable children at risk.
The 2026 SOFI report will provide the most up-to-date analysis on progress toward the UN’s goal of Zero Hunger by 2030. The 2025 SOFI Report estimated that as many as 720 million people faced hunger in 2024 and that 2.6 billion people worldwide still lack access to a healthy diet.
