The IPC Strategy to Meet Global Demand for Actionable Information on Acute Food Insecurity and Malnutrition

13 March 2023

The IPC, a global multi-partner initiative, provides information on the scale and severity of food insecurity and malnutrition and plays a crucial role in global efforts to improve food security and nutrition analysis. Operational in around 50 countries, the IPC, together with the Cadre Harmonisé (CH), is today the global standard for consensus-based analysis of food insecurity and acute malnutrition, informing more than six billion dollars in food crisis response decisions annually. In its 2025 edition, the Global Report on Food Crises recorded the highest ever number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity with more than 294 million in 53 countries/territories requiring urgent assistance. In addition, over 37 million children in 26 countries/territories were suffering of acute malnutrition, also requiring treatment.

To respond to the dramatically increased information need, the IPC Initiative's 4-year strategy and programme of work - the IPC Global Strategic Programme (GSP) 2023-2026, sets out an ambitious agenda to address critical gaps in the coverage of food and nutrition crises, aiming to expand IPC and CH analyses to approximately 60 countries. Anchored in the principles of collaboration, consensus, and neutrality, the GSP aims to deliver IPC analyses for any crisis context. With an estimated total cost of USD 48.6 million, the GSP prioritises decentralisation, innovation, and strengthened governance to deliver evidence-based, high-quality, timely, and actionable information. Four intermediate outcomes—partnership, agility through innovation, expanded global reference for analysis of food and nutrition crises, and consistent delivery of high-quality analytical products—will drive the IPC’s contribution to crisis prevention, mitigation, and long-term resilience-building.

“The ability of the IPC to provide timely, consensus-based and context-specific information has never been more important than in the context of the current global food and nutrition crisis, driven by persistent conflict, natural disasters and high food prices,” said Jose Lopez, the IPC Global Programme Manager.

The previous 4-year IPC Global Strategic Programme ending in 2022 registered major achievements, thanks to the funding by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the European Union, the United Kingdom Agency for International Development and the Canadian International Development Agency. During the four years, IPC teams across the globe conducted over 250 IPC analyses and informed food insecurity and malnutrition response worth $6 billion yearly in 30 countries battling food and nutrition crises. The IPC also trained over 1,700 analysts and continued academic work with leading universities to improve the global body of knowledge in food security and nutrition analysis.

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