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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

More than 800,000 people in El Salvador (13% of the analysed population) experienced high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in Crisis or worse (IPC Phase 3 or above) from July to August 2021, due to the combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, high food prices, and low household income. F [...]

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 [...]

Overview Between October 2020 and February 2021, which corresponds to the harvest of basic grains and coffee, around 103,000 people (21% of the analysed population) face high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) and require immediate action to reduce food consumption gaps and prot [...]

Overview During the current period from November 2020 to February 2021, 684,000 people (10% of the analysed population) are facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) and require urgent action to save lives and livelihoods. Of these people, 589,000 are classified in Crisis ( [...]

Overview From June to August 2020, the period corresponding to the rainy and first planting season and considered as the peak of acute food insecurity within the agricultural cycle, 139,048 (29% of the analysed population) are in high acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3+). Of these, 119,482 are in C [...]