Soaring hunger, soaring prices.

[View in browser]( [World Food Program USA.]( [DONATE]( {NAME}, Right now, 345 million people are experiencing severe hunger. This global hunger crisis is being driven by multiple factors including conflict, the impacts of the climate crisis and high prices. Today, we will focus on how costs impact hunger. While global food prices have started to fall in recent months, they are still at a 10-year high. For many Americans, this may mean up to a dollar increase on grocery store items. However, for people who live on less than two dollars a day around the world, this steep rise in prices means much more: Millions of people cannot afford a basic meal. Families who didn't need the United Nations World Food Programme's (WFP) help now seek it out. Global fertilizer prices have climbed even faster than food prices. Fertilizer plays a key role in food systems: 50% of the world's population depends on agricultural products that are produced with the help of mineral fertilizers. Before the war in Ukraine, fertilizer prices were already rising. Then, the war's effects further disrupted global fertilizer production. The cost of fertilizer rose while supplies dwindled, leading experts to predict a major decrease in the production of foods like corn, rice and wheat this year. [A woman in Yemen receiving food from WFP.]( In Yemen, Mariam, 57, receives a WFP food basket which contains wheat, vegetable oil and beans. The rise in prices also affects the work of the U.N. World Food Programme. Its monthly operational costs are 44% above its 2019 average. The money now spent on increased operational costs from food and fuel price hikes would have previously fed 4 million people (about twice the population of New Mexico) for one month. The U.N. World Food Programme faces a shortfall of funds as high prices and rising needs outpace resources. In Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, the U.N. World Food Programme has been forced to make hard decisions, including cutting rations to reach more people in need. The bottom line is: All around the world, everyday items are becoming more expensive, and cost increases are making life harder for people experiencing the most extreme forms of hunger. [Please, if you are able to, give now to send food to those most in need across the globe.]( Together, we can reverse the trend of rising hunger. 💙 World Food Program USA Team Our Future Begins With Food. With the support of people like you, we can do good better. [DONATE]( [GIVE MONTHLY]( DONOR INQUIRIES (202) 627-3939 | GENERAL INQUIRIES (202) 627-3737 P.O. Box 96316 Washington, DC 20090-6316 | Fax (202) 530-1698 [World Food Program USA.]( [Charity Navigator.]( [Facebook.]( [Instagram.]( [Twitter.]( [LinkedIn.]( Did you enjoy this email? [👍]( [👎]( World Food Program USA is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) public charity (tax ID# 13-3843435) Want hunger updates sent straight to your mobile device? [Subscribe to SMS updates]( 📱 This email was sent to {EMAIL}. You can update your [email preferences]( or [unsubscribe here](.Â