Acute Food Insecurity Classification
Overview Due to the combined effects of widespread and severe flooding, desert locust infestation, socioe-conomic impacts of COVID-19 and the cumulative impacts of previous shocks, up to 2.1 million people across Somalia are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or abov [...]
Jul 2020 / Dec 2020
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
Despite above-average national cereal crop production and improved livestock production following a largely favorable Deyr (October-December) rainy season, up to 1.3 million people across Somalia are expected to face food consumption gaps or depletion of assets indicative of Crisis (IPC Phase 3)1 o [...]
Jan 2020 / Jun 2020
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
Up to 2.1 million people across Somalia are expected to face food consumption gaps, high acute malnutrition, or depletion of assets indicative of Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse outcomes through December 2019. Moreover, an estimated one million children under the age of five are likely to be acutely m [...]
Jul 2019 / Dec 2019
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
Food security is expected to deteriorate in parts of northern and central Somalia from February to June 2019. Many northern and central agropastoral and pastoral livelihoods will deteriorate to Crisis (IPC Phase 3) until May/June, when the onset of Gu rainfall leads to improved livestock productiv [...]
Jan 2019 / Jun 2019
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
Despite improvements, there are pressing humanitarian needs in Somalia according to findings from the post-Gu seasonal assessment conducted across Somalia in June and July 2018. Assessment results indicate food security has continued to improve due to average to above average rainfall between April [...]
Jun 2018 / Dec 2018
Acute Malnutrition Classification
DISCLAIMER: please note that this IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis was conducted together with an IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis. To view the related IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, please click here. Results from 30 separate nutrition surveys conducted by FSNAU and partners between in June [...]
Aug 2018 / Dec 2018
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
According to data from the December post-Deyr assessment, food security and nutrition outcomes have improved in several areas, and fewer households are reporting moderate or severe hunger in Bay Agropastoral and Northern Inland Pastoral. In most livelihood zones and IDP camps, Food Consumption Scor [...]
Feb 2018 / May 2018
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
Based on 2017 Post Gu season assessment conducted across Somalia in July, an estimated 6.2 million people were acutely food insecure. This includes 3.3 million people in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and an additional 2.9 million people that have been classified as Stressed (IPC [...]
Jul 2017 / Dec 2017
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
As severe drought grips most parts of Somalia, food crisis is worsening in rural areas following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low river water levels, which led to near total crop failures and reduced rural employment opportunities, widespread shortage of water and pasture, consequent in [...]
Jan 2017 / Jun 2017
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
The Post Gu seasonal food security and Nutrition assessment reports that approximately 1 096 000 people face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and 43 000 more people will be in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) across Somalia through December 2016 according to the latest findings from a countrywide seasonal assessment. A [...]
Aug 2016 / Dec 2016
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