In September 2017, 6 million people were in Crisis (IPC Phase 3), Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5), which corresponded to 56% of the total population. From October to December 2017, the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance (IPC phase 3 and above) is expected to [...]

The period from August to October 2017 coincides with the harvest period but also at the beginning of the lean season especially for the households in phase 4 and 3. Because of insufficient food production that remains below the average of the last 5 years, the situation has slightly deteriorated [...]

The IPC current post harvest analysis shows a slight improvement in the food security situation in the country compared to the pre-harvest IPC acute analysis of 2016.  Out of 34 provinces, 11 are classified in IPC Phase 2 (Stressed), other 22 were classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and only o [...]

Population in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) There are approximately 2.6 million people classified in this phase, of which 0.5 million are already in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) but do not meet the threshold of more than 20 percent of the population being in this Phase, for the areas to be classified in Phase 4. [...]

During the period under review, the Swazi VAC continued to use the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) to classify the nature and severity of food insecurity in Swaziland. The Acute Food Insecurity areas were classified into five Phases: Phase 1 (Minimal), Phase 2 (Stressed), Phase 3 [...]

DISCLAIMER: Please note that this IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis was integrated with an IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis. 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 Cri [...]

At end of July 2017, the overall food security situation for Malawi is generally positive, with most of the districts in the northern and central regions classified in IPC Phase 1 (none or minimal) and the remaining districts especially in the south in IPC Phase 2 (Stressed). These households in the [...]

In July of 2017, the IPC Technical Working Group (TWG) in Guatemala conducted an IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis on five departments of the Corredor Seco Ampliado: Chiquimula, Huehuetenango, Quiché, San Marcos and Totonicapán. Out of a total analyzed population of 4.6 million people, between [...]

The current IPC analysis has counted 1.76 million people (18% of the Burundian population) in the humanitarian phase (IPC Phases 3 and 4). This reflects a slight improvement compared to the same period last year, with 3% of the population in Phase 4 in 2017, compared to 5% in 2016. The Imbo plai [...]

This is the first IPC analysis conducted in Zanzibar. The analysis was conducted in five out of 11 districts of Zanzibar in July 2017, and was led by Zanzibar Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring – Technical Working Group with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United [...]