World Food Day: enough food is produced, yet 645 million people face hunger
FAO says global output and access to a healthy diet are different problems; 2.69 billion people cannot afford such a diet.
On World Food Day, 16 October, FAO drew attention to access as well as production. The world already produces enough food to feed everyone, it says, yet 645 million people face hunger and 2.69 billion cannot afford a healthy diet.
Why output alone is not enough
Conflict disrupts supply chains, economic shocks cut incomes and climate hazards damage harvests. Food can exist in a market but be unaffordable or unable to reach a particular place. FAO therefore treats innovation as more than new machinery: storage, distribution, farmer cooperatives, data, seeds and local knowledge all matter.
This is relevant to Kazakhstan too. A strong harvest does not automatically resolve food prices, storage losses or access to a varied diet. Success should be measured by whether households can obtain healthy food, as well as by tonnes produced. FAO’s figures are global estimates and should not be mistaken for a count of hungry people in Kazakhstan.
Source: FAO World Food Day 2026.
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