FAO Senior statistician and economist Carlo Cafiero joins GFSP director Caitlin Welsh and senior associate Andrew Rzepa to examine the 2021 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report. Dr. Cafiero, one of the authors of the report, highlights critical takeaways and explains the challenges to collecting and reporting food security data globally. Dr. Cafiero also emphasizes the importance of correctly interpreting data and provides suggestions on how to better manage uncertainty in the world.