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Acute Food Insecurity Classification

In the current period (July to September 2023), around 245,000 people in rural Lesotho (16 percent of the analysed population) are facing high levels of acute food insecurity - IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse). Urgent action is needed to reduce food gaps, protect, and restore livelihoods as we [...]

Jul 2023 / Mar 2024

Acute Food Insecurity Classification

According to the latest results of an IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, an estimated of 229,000 people representing 15% of the population in rural areas of Lesotho are classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) in the current period from July to September 2022, and will require urgent action to reduce foo [...]

Jul 2022 / Mar 2023

Acute Food Insecurity Classification

According to the results of the IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, about 328,000 people (22% of the population) in rural areas of Lesotho experienced high acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between November and December 2021. Only three districts (Butha – Buthe, Leribe, Mohale’s hoek) [...]

Nov 2021 / Mar 2022

Acute Food Insecurity Classification

According to the results of the latest IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, about 179,000 people (12% of the analyzed population in rural areas of Lesotho) are facing high acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3) in the current period from July to September 2021, and may require humanitarian action to red [...]

Jul 2021 / Mar 2022

Acute Food Insecurity Classification

Overview According to the results of the IPC, around 26% of Lesotho’s population (374,000 people) are facing high acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) from July to September 2020 and require urgent humanitarian action. This includes around 27,000 people in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and� [...]

Jul 2020 / Mar 2021

Acute Food Insecurity Classification

Nearly a quarter of Lesotho’s population (around 349,000 people) is facing severe acute food insecurity (Phase 3 and 4) between May and September 2019, and requires urgent humanitarian action. These include around 68,000 people being in Emergency (Phase 4) and nearly 280,000 people being in Crisis [...]

May 2019 / Mar 2020

Acute Food Insecurity Classification

NOTE: The figures in this projection are an update of the figures in the May - August 2018 analysis. As projected in May/June 2018, the Food security situation is expected to deteriorate during the peak lean season between December 2018 to February 2019. However, the rural population in IPC Phase 3 [...]

Dec 2018 / Feb 2019

Acute Food Insecurity Classification

NOTE: The projection figures have been updated in the December 2018 to February 2019 analysis. The current situation reveals that all the ten districts are classified in Phase 2 ‘Stressed’. There is no district that is classified in Phase 3 or 4, although some districts have population ranging [...]

May 2018 / Feb 2019

Acute Food Insecurity Classification

About 16% (224 664) of the rural population is estimated to be food insecure in 2017/18 consumption year for the projected period from October 2017 to March 2018. The affected populations are from the very poor and poor wealth groups across all districts and face deficits until March 2017. Projected [...]

Jul 2017 / Mar 2018

Acute Food Insecurity Classification

In the May-June 2016 period eight districts out of ten, i.e. Mafeteng, Leribe, Berea, Qacha’s Nek, Quthing, Mokhotlong, Thaba-Tseka, and Butha Buthe are classified as Phase 2 ‘Stressed’. Two districts (Maseru and Mohale’s Hoek) are in Phase 3 ‘Crisis’. There is no district that is classi [...]

May 2016 / Mar 2017

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