During the current period (March to May 2025), the Trinational Border Region of the Río Lempa is experiencing a moderate but sustained decline in acute food security, primarily driven by climatic variability, high food prices, and low food reserves. An estimated 100,000 people (16 percent of the an [...]

The latest IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis covers all 22 departments of Guatemala, revealing that approximately 2.7 million people are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) during the first projection period. These individuals will require urgent interventio [...]

During the current period of March to June 2024 which coincides with the post-harvest, 88,000 people (15 percent of the analysed population) are experiencing IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse). Of this population, 81,000 are in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and 7,000 in Emergency (IPC Phase 4). Key drive [...]

The latest IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis focuses on the entire population of Guatemala's 22 departments, totaling 17.6 million people. From March to May 2023, around 3.5 million individuals faced significant levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) and urgently require interventio [...]

During the current period of February to May 2023 which coincides with the post-harvest (basic grains and coffee) season, 85,000 people (16% of the population analysed) are in Food Crisis or worse (IPC Phase 3 or higher). Urgent action is needed, with the response aimed at protecting livelihoods and [...]

Since several months have passed since the second projection of the November 2021 analysis in the Rio Lempa Trinatonal Region, it is considered necessary to verify the accuracy of the assumptions; therefore, the present analysis of acute food insecurity is an update of the projected classification f [...]

In the latest IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, the 17.4 million inhabitants of all 22 departments of Guatemala were analysed. Between March and May 2022, more than 3.9 million people were experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) and therefore require urgent action [...]

The current period, November 2021 to February 2022, coincides with the harvest season of basic grains and coffee, and therefore with the highest availability of food and labor supply within the agricultural cycle. However, 76,000 people (15% of the population analyzed) are in high levels of acute fo [...]

This acute food insecurity analysis was an update of the projection period of June - August 2021, that corresponds to the lean season, and includes four micro-regions of the Trifinio Region: Cayaguanca, Ch’orti’, Güija and Ocotepeque, with a total analysed population of 486,000 people. The upd [...]

Around 3.5 million people are classified in Crisis or Emergency (IPC Phase 3 or 4) during the seasonal hunger period of May to August 2021, and require urgent action. This figure is projected to decrease to 2.5 million during the period of lowest acute food insecurity between September 2021 and Janu [...]