economic turmoil, intensified food insecurity in some countries. In 2024, the Food Price Index ganization (FAO) declined by 2.0% compared to 2023, but remained above the pre-COVID exceeded 20%, affecting 307 million people. provement. In 2024, approximately 673 million while PoU in Western Asia rose to 12.7%, with over 39 million experiencing hunger. Projec- people worldwide suffered from hunger, declin- ing to 8.2% of the world population, in a steady downward trend observed in 2023 (8.5%) and will suffer chronic hunger by 2030, and near- 2022 (8.7%) (FAO et al., 2025). Asia's prev- ly 60% of them will be in Africa (FAO et al. from 7.9% in 2022 to 6.7% in 2024. Addition-remains a formidable challenge. ally, Latin America and the Caribbean saw their PoU down from 6.1% in 2020 to 5.1% in 2024 Western Asia. Rising food prices, combined with regional conflicts, climate change and