WFP: We Need $23 Bln to Address Biggest Food Security Crisis

Corinne Fleischer, regional director for the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Eastern Europe for the World Food Program (WFP). (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Confronting the “biggest food security crisis” in modern history requires $23 billion to help around 150 million people in 2023, revealed an official at the UN’s food assistance organization, the World Food Program (WFP).

Corinne Fleischer, regional director for the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Eastern Europe for the WFP, affirmed that her organization had succeeded in helping 158 million people in 2022.