In response to the growing hunger crisis, PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, announced an expansion of its holistic efforts to advance food security. Through its global Food for Good initiatives, the Foundation is doubling down on efforts to increase equitable access to nutritious food by increasing its own investments as well as offering three new ways to engage people in fighting hunger.
345 million people globally face severe hunger. That number is expected to grow as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and global conflict continue to ravage our global food system.
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Partnering to address the hunger crisis, now and tomorrow
Building on more than a decade of partnering with communities to advance food security through collaboration, PepsiCo Food for Good has committed more than $35 million since 2021 alone to increase access to nutritious food and increase productivity and incomes of small-scale farmers. This year, it’s directing investments to interventions that have shown can build long-term solutions while it continues to address immediate hunger needs.
- Increasing productivity and incomes of small-scale farmers with global partners including World Food Program USA in support of the United Nations (U.N.) World Food Programme and CARE along with leading local organizations, Food for Good focuses on economically empowering women through regenerative agriculture. To stave off the food crisis, it’s mobilizing multiple initiatives in communities where there’s substantial vulnerability within Africa, Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. Through these efforts, it aims to support 3.5 million farmers and their families between 2022 and 2024.
- Increasing access to nutritious food, Food for Good provides students with increased access to the nutrition needed to learn and grow in multiple countries including the U.S. and through the Pioneer School Breakfast Nutrition Programme in South Africa while working to ensure the most vulnerable can access food with dignity through malnutrition interventions in Mexico and Guatemala.