15 percent of the population has minimally adequate food consumption and is unable to afford some essential non-food expenditures (IPC Phase 2 - Stressed) and engaging in some irreversible coping strategies to meet their food need. The majority of these are spread over Karamoja, Teso and Acholi regi [...]

178th country by GDP in 2010, the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to face the deterioration of the humanitarian situation as a result of recurrent armed conflicts, with dramatic effects on the vulnerability of rural communities (very poor health infrastructures, armed gangs Terror, and a nu [...]

In June-July 2013, the FSNAU in collaboration with regional governments and several partner agencies carried out food security and nutrition assessments across Somalia. The purpose of the assessment was to gather information required for food security and nutrition situation analysis for rural [...]

Until the end of September most of the areas analyzed are in Phase 1 (Minimal). This is because the harvest of the first cycle is recent and most households have a maize stock. The sale of a part of the reserve and the different employment opportunities, especially the ones related to the last cycl [...]

The spring harvests, which are taking place successively in some livelihood zones, have provided households with their own production for consumption and sale. However, in poor and very poor households in dry areas (dry farming and fishing areas, plateau agro-pastoral areas, dry agropastoral areas), [...]

According to the analysis of Acute food insecurity the country has been classified at IPC Phases 1 (Minimal), 2 (Stressed), 3 (Crisis), (IPC Phase 4 Emergency was found in two localities in North Darfur State: besides North Darfur it was found in Red Sea, Blue Nile and white Nile).  There is an im [...]

Food security is largely rainfall dependent in Kenya. This makes the assessment of the performance of the bimodal nature of rainfall on crops and livestock of great importance. Basically, Kenya can be divided into two broad - the Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) zone and a Medium- to High-potential croppin [...]

This analysis covers 13 coastal districts of Bangladesh. These districts are similar in agro ecological, socioeconomic and disaster vulnerabilities. Of the 13 districts 8 districts in the south western coastal belt were also analyzed in the pilot phase of IPC (Dec 2012). From the current analysis, i [...]

The current IPC outlook map for South Sudan shows improved food security conditions, as compared to same period last year (2012). About 46% of the population is estimated to be in minimal or none food insecurity situation (IPC Phase 1); while about 36% is in stress conditions (IPC Phase 2). About 30 [...]

Matabeleland North and South are currently in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis), while the rest of the country's food security situation is under Stress (IPC Phase 2). Agriculture is a key livelihoods activity for the majority of Zimbabwe’s rural population. Mainly because of the poor rainfall season quality, [...]