As of July 2016, 83% of the total population in the country is classified as minimally food insecure (IPC Phase 1), meaning that, currently, their food security situation is stable. They have access to a variety of adequate food both from household stocks and market, following good harvests from th [...]

An estimated 1.25 million people will be acutely food insecure and require humanitarian assistance over the next six months until February 2017. They are mainly found in the pastoral and marginal agricultural areas.  Population in Stressed (IPC Phase 2)  The current food security situation in [...]

In December 2015, the 11th cycle of IPC analysis concluded that 1,787,560 people were in humanitarian phases (phase 3 & 4 IPC). An update of the last IPC Analysis was conducted in August 2016 and covers the period from August to December 2016.  According to the August 2016 IPC update on the Ce [...]

In August-September 2016, an estimated 4.4 million (37% of the total population) people are classified as severely food insecure. Compared to August-Septmber 2015, an additional 13% of the population has slipped into Crisis, Emergency and Catastrophe food insecurity during a period that is seasonall [...]

The Post Gu seasonal food security and Nutrition assessment reports that approximately 1 096 000 people face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and 43 000 more people will be in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) across Somalia through December 2016 according to the latest findings from a countrywide seasonal assessment. A [...]

The analysis was carrried out on livelihood zones. All the analyzed areas were classified in IPC Phase 2 (stress), except for 3 areas which face minimum food insecurity (IPC Phase 1), namely: HT04-irrigation areas (rice zone of Artibonite); HT05-Banana (banana production area); and HT03 Plateau area [...]

All departments were classified as "Stressed" (IPC Phase 2) except for the Central Department where food insecurity is minimal (IPC Phase 1). This departmental classification conceals more serious realities than Phase 2 in certain communes or population groups. For example, in the agro-pastoral zone [...]

NOTE: the following text and attached document are extracted from the Kenya Long Rains Season Assessment - September 2015 The 2015 long rains assessment has established that about 1.1 million people are acutely food insecure. The food insecure populations are mainly in the northwest and northeast p [...]

More than 20% of households in the south and central provinces of the country, except Maputo province and city, Nampula, Niassa and Cabo Delgado are classified in IPC Phase 3 (crisis) requiring urgent assistance to protect their livelihoods and alleviating deficit of food consumption as well as, i [...]

Key outcomes for most affected areas About 39 per cent of the total population in the Balaka, Blantyre, Chikhwawa, Mulanje, Neno, Nsanje, Ntcheu, Phalombe and Thyolo districts have food gaps ranging from 3 to 8 months in the 2012/13 consumption year. Livelihood Change: “Poor” and some “Middl [...]