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The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2020 is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations. At 135 million, the number of people in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH [...]

Rome, Italy, 25 April 2019 - New global guidelines published today by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative will further hone food security and nutrition analysis processes for better and more actionable information during humanitarian crises. After thorough consultations, food [...]

2 April 2019, Brussels - A report presented today jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that around 113 million people in 53 countries [...]

IPC and the Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) co-organized a workshop in Lome, Togo, from September 21st to the 22nd. The workshop consisted of panel presentations and discussions on the benefit of CH and IPC’s use in early [...]

Since the IPC inception in March 2013, three national IPC acute fod insecurity analyses have taken place  in Hait.  Hence, a great deal of attention has been drawn to the results achieved so far by key food security stakeholders, because [...]

In April 2015, the IPC TWG in El Salvador revised the chronic analysis that was carried out during the last trimester of 2014. This revision was possible thanks to the re-analysis of two key food security information databases namely: the [...]

The new free course offers a comprehensive yet readily accessible source of guidance on using the IPC four functions and related tools and procedures specifically focused on acute food insecurity.  The course is designed to boost a better understanding of IPC version [...]

The IPC Acute Food Insecurity Classification (IPC Acute) was piloted in Bangladesh in 2012 and since then it has been used to assist the Government and partners in classifying acute food insecurity and for the development of strategic plans, response [...]

In October 2015, IPC GSU conducted an IPC strategic consolidation mission to Bangladesh and an IPC strategic inception mission to Myanmar.  In Bangladesh, IPC GSU team led by Ms. Cindy Holleman (the IPC Global Program Manager) engaged with the representatives of [...]

IPC GSU carried out 3rd round of IPC Acute Malnutrition Classification pilots Somalia, Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the East and Central Africa Region.  Hargeisa, Somalia, August 2015. The pilot was jointly organized by FAO’s managed Food Security [...]