2023, the update to the global assessment offood security and nutrition reflects a particularmoment in history. While the pandemic, theensuing economic rebound, the war in Ukraine,and soaring prices of food, agricultural inputsand energy have all played out differentlyacross regions with differing impacts, newestimates indicate hunger is no longer on therise at the global level but is still far abovepre-COVID-19-pandemic levels and far off track toachieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.