For the outlook period of October 2022 to January 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are issuing an early warning for urgent humanitarian action in 19 hunger hotspots. These are 17 countries and 2 regional clusters where parts of the population will likely face a significant deterioration of already high levels of acute food insecurity, putting lives and livelihoods at risk