Following more than a decade of seemingly inexorable increases in the number of undernourished people, estimates for 2010 presented in this edition show a glimmer of hope, with the first fall since 1995. This edition focuses on a particular group of countries in protracted crisis where levels of undernourishment are estimated to be at almost at 40 percent. The report highlights actions that can be taken to rationalise the way protracted crises are handled.