More than 700 million people don't know when — or if — they will eat again, UN food chief says

The U.N. food agency estimates nearly 47 million people in over 50 countries are just one step from famine.

45 million children under the age of five are now estimated to suffer from acute malnutrition.

Economic fallout from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have pushed food prices out of the reach of millions of people.

The aim is not just financing, but also finding innovative solutions to help the world’s neediest.

She said companies have stepped up, including in Haiti and Ukraine and to help refugees in the United States , but for too long, “we have turned to the private sector exclusively for financing.” Businesses have shown “enormous generosity, but in 2023 we know they have so much more to offer. Their capacities, their know-how, and innovations are tremendously needed,” Thomas-Greenfield said. “The public sector must harness the expertise of the private sector and translate it into action.”.