RESOURCES

Food insecurity and malnutrition remain pressing and complex challenges confronting Southern Africa. Recurrent climatic shocks, economic volatility, conflict, poverty and other structural vulnerabilities continue to undermine livelihoods, stretch national capacities, and threaten the well-being of millions of people across the region. In this context, timely, credible, and harmonised evidence is indispensable for informed decision-making, effective coordination, and strategic investment in both emergency response and long-term resilience. With over half of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) population expected to live in urban areas by 2030, hazards are becoming more widespread and more intense, while vulnerabilities grow deeper and increasingly multi-dimensional. Acute events unveil structural weaknesses, especially in urban contexts where social fabrics are looser. Detecting these vulnerabilities in relation to food and nutrition security requires advanced tools that guide concrete prevention programming, and rapid response.

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