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 [...]

DISCLAIMER: Please note that this IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis was integrated with an IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis. Acute and widespread food insecurity and increased morbidity have contributed to deterioration of the overall nutrition situation in Somalia. An estimated 388 000 children u [...]

In geographical zones subject to this analysis, 9% of the population (about 262,800 people) are in emergency phase (IPC phase 4) and 27% (about 804,600 people) are classified in crisis phase (IPC phase 3). In the Southeastern regions, 9% of the population are in phase 4 (120,806 people) and 27% (364 [...]

Period from June to September 2017:In the period from June to September 2017, 51,909 people in two of the analyzed provinces are in need of urgent interventions to protect their livelihoods and reduce food shortages. The main causes were inadequate food consumption, insufficient food reserves, pest [...]

In total, the number of people in acute food insecurity and livelihood crisis (IPC Phases 3 and 4) is estimated at 7.7 million people in the rural areas covered by this 15th cycle IPC Analysis. These populations are in need of urgent help aimed at saving lives through holistic assistance for basic [...]