A critical look into the 2018 SOFIN
It is time for a human rights-based State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World.
Despite the revised methodology of the State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World (SOFIN) implemented in 2017, and the inclusion of new “qualitative” indicators through the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)- the SOFIN report continues to largely reduce issues of hunger and malnutrition to nutrient deficiencies and neglects the quality of food (including cultural adequacy), the relation to needs based on livelihoods and labor, or periodic food insecurity caused.
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Heidelberg/Geneva. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2025 report, launched at the UN Food Systems Summit +4 (UNFSS+4) this week, notes a slight decline in global hunger to 673 million people in 2024. The improvements take place mainly in Latin America and Asia, while Africa and mainly low-income countries remain […]
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