The food situation in Djibouti has improved substantially in some areas (Ali Sabieh and Tadjourah), while the effects of persistent drought are still felt in others (Obock) where livelihoods have been severely affected. The return to rainfall trend at the end of 2012 persisted in 2013, especially w [...]

Key results for May 2014 Overall, there are over 3.5 million people (30% of the total population) in crisis or emergency food insecurity phases (IPC Phases 3 and 4). This is about 115% increase compared to the same time last year. However, the food insecurity situation varies widely from State t [...]

Deterioration of food insecurity following the flaring up of the conflict since December 2013 and the early arrival of the lean season. Humanitarian assistance is crucial to support the agricultural season starting now and to avoid a humanitarian disaster.  Using the EFSA results of October 2013, [...]

The second rainy season usually runs from September to December. Over the past year, it stopped prematurely in October for some areas and in November for others. This situation led to the failure of end-of-year harvests in several agro-ecological zones (plains and dry mountains of the North-West, Ar [...]

An estimated 857,000 people will be in Crisis and Emergency (IPC Phases 3 and 4) requiring urgent humanitarian assistance over the next six month period according to a joint assessment report by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit for Somalia (FSNAU), a project managed by UN’s Food an [...]

A total of 23 counties were covered by the assessment that was conducted in February 2014. The aim of the assessment was to evaluate the performance and impacts of the October to December 2013 short rains on water quality and access, crop and livestock production, health and nutrition, markets and t [...]

There are no key results available for this analysis.

Although there has been a slight improvement comparing with the last IPC analysis in April 2013, food insecurity is still high due to inadequate physical and financial access to food with chronic or protracted conditions of extreme poverty, stable but high food prices and limited sources of income, [...]

The 10th analysis cycle on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification undertaken in December 2013 revealed that 6.7 million people are classified in Phases 3 (Crisis) and 4 (Emergency) and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. In comparison with the 9th cycle of June, food securit [...]

The IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis Workshop (5-16 November) covered for the first time all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.  Badakhshan and Ghor are the provinces worst affected by acute food insecurity, classified in Phase 4 (emergency) and must be highly prioritized for assistance.  14 provi [...]