According to the IPC Chronic Food Insecurity classification:  21% of the total population in Burundi are facing severe chronic food insecurity (IPC Level 4); 29% moderate chronic food insecurity (IPC Level 3);  25% mild chronic food insecurity (IPC Level 2), and  25% co chronic food insecur [...]

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 [...]

The IPC Analysis classified 2 provinces as falling under IPC Acute Phase 1, 12 provinces in IPC Phase 2, 9 provinces in Phase 3 and 2 provinces in Phase 4. The areas depicting high levels of acute food insecurity problems are mainly located in Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula), in ARMM (Autonomous Re [...]

In the period from April-June 2016, the country experienced a late start of rains, which then influenced a reduction in the area planted to most crops. The early planted crops were affected by a prolonged mid-season dry spell (December 2015 to January 2016). This was further compounded by high tempe [...]

Out of the 10 districts analyzed during the period from June to November 2016, 5 districts (Barguna, Barisal, Patuakhali, Madaripur and Jessore) are classified as Stressed (IPC Phase 2), 5 districts (Bagerhat, Jhalokati, Bhola, Pirojpur and Satkhira) are in Crisis (IPC Phase 3). According to this a [...]

About 51% of the population is suffering from food insecurity and malnutrition, in line with Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or Emergency (IPC Phase 4). The population under Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and Crisis (IPC Phase 3) has increased by 9.4% compared to the results of the June 2015 IPC analysis. Moreover, t [...]