More than a million people in Lebanon face acute food insecurity, a joint analysis by two UN agencies finds

11 November 2026

The World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization, together with Lebanon's Ministry of Agriculture, have put out an analysis of food security in the country. It finds that more than one million people now face acute food shortages, and that the figure is expected to reach 1.15 million by the middle of 2027. The analysis points to two conflicts in under two years, loss of employment, exhausted savings, heavy household debt and rising prices of food and fuel. The World Food Programme's representative and country director in Lebanon is Allison Oman Lawi, and Lebanon's Agriculture Minister is Nizar Hani, who asked for a coordinated national response. The WFP is the food assistance arm of the United Nations and is headquartered at Rome, as is the FAO.