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Data systems under financial strain: Findings from a rapid assessment of 41 food security, nutrition, and health information systems

  • Publication | 2026
Global Food and Nutrition Security

The 2025 cuts to foreign assistance have weakened the crisis-information infrastructure underpinning humanitarian and development response. An IFPRI assessment, funded by Rockefeller Catalytic Capital (RFCC), examined 41 globally relevant information systems focused on predicting, monitoring, and understanding food and nutrition crises. Among systems reporting funding estimates, funding declined by an average of 31% in 2025, compared with a 23% decline in overall official development assistance (ODA). These funding cuts have sharply reduced data collection, limited analysis, and weakened forecasts. As declining aid flows make effective targeting of assistance even more critical, the information available to decision makers is eroding.

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Hillbruner, Chris; Hill, Ruth Vargas; McNamara, Brian; and Scott, Zoe
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26 Oct 2026

Related organisation(s)CGIAR - Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
Knowledge service | MetadataGlobal Food and Nutrition Security | Food crises and food and nutrition security | Food and nutrition security
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)agricultural statistics
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