ROME, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Some 16.9 billion U.S. dollars will be needed to help people in the world who need the most urgent humanitarian food assistance in 2025, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said on Friday.

In its flagship 2025 Global Outlook report, released at the WFP's Rome headquarters, the agency stressed that global emergencies are increasing, and an "alarming gap" between requirements and available resources needs to be filled.

"Global humanitarian needs are rising, fuelled by devastating conflicts, more frequent climate disasters, and extensive economic turmoil," WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain said, adding that funding is failing to keep pace with this situation.

At least 343 million people across 74 countries are currently facing acute food insecurity, marking a 10 percent increase compared to last year, according to the report.

In 2025, the WFP forecast a year of "unrelenting crises", in which at least 123 million of these at-risk people would be in need of the most urgent humanitarian food assistance.

"The country contexts in which WFP operates are becoming more complex, making reaching people in need more difficult and costly," the WFP explained.

However, the shortfalls in funding raised in 2024 have already forced the WFP to scale back its activities this year, often "leaving some of the most vulnerable behind," said the report. Enditem

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