With poverty, inequality, and risks increasingly concentrating in cities, the burden of food insecurity and malnutrition is gradually shifting from rural to urban areas. WFP is adapting its efforts to meet urgent food and nutrition needs and build resilience in urban areas.

Learn more about WFP’s work in urban areas:

• WFP Urban Strategy: Achieving Zero Hunger in an Urbanizing World
• Life amidst a Pandemic: Urban Livelihoods, Food Security and Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa
• The 2023 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report: Urbanization, Agrifood Systems Transformation and Healthy Diets across the Rural-Urban Continuum