Context: Recently, the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 (SOFI 2020) report presents the most recent and authoritative estimates of the extent of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition around the world.
About State of Food Se­curity and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2020 report

• The report is presented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food Programme and the World Health Organization. 
• Its first edition was brought out in 2017.
• It presents the latest estimates on food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition at the global and regional levels. 
• It is an annual flagship report.

Key findings of the report

• The five agencies warn that “five years after the world committed to end hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutri­tion, we are still off track to achieve this objective by 2030.”
• As per the report, hun­ger continues to be on the rise since 2014 and the global prevalence of undernourish­ment, or overall percentage of hungry people, is 8.9%.
• Asia remains home to the greatest number of under­nourished (38 crore), followed by Africa (25 crore).
• According to current esti­mates, in 2019, 21.3% (14.4.crore) of children un­der 5 years were stunted, 6.9% (4.7 crore) wasted and5.6% (3.8 million) overweight.

Note: Between 8.3 crore and 13 crore people globally are likely to go hungry this year due to the economic reces­sion triggered by COVID­19, as per the report.