Other IPC Publications

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) defines Famine as a situation in which at least one in five households has an extreme lack of food and face starvation and destitution, resulting in extremely critical levels of acute malnutrition and death.

Download the IPC Famine Fact Sheet: English Spanish

For more informations visit the Famine Fact Sheet microsite

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and the Cadre Harmonisé (CH) provide decision-makers with a rigorous, evidence- and consensus-based analysis of food insecurity and acute malnutrition situations. While the IPC/CH estimates of the number of food insecure and malnourished people indicate where and how many people fall in different phases of food insecurity or malnutrition by geographical areas, several recommendations have been made in recent years for the IPC/CH [...]

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification is the global point of reference for classification of food crises and famine and has been used in over 30 countries over the past fifteen years.

In 2022, the IPC commissioned, for the first time, an external study of the accuracy of its acute food insecurity and acute malnutrition phase classifications and population estimates. Because IPC outcomes and the underlying indicators that are used to [...]

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) launched a comprehensive set of guidelines today designed to enhance communication surrounding acute food insecurity and malnutrition.

With food and nutrition crises persisting – affecting millions of people in different parts of the world – demand for actionable information has never been higher. Effective communication of acute food insecurity and malnutrition information must clearly and succinctly describe the context, causes and outcomes.

Based on the [...]