HIGHLIGHTS

• 646 000 people have been internally displaced since 15 December, and 123 400 have fled to neighbouring countries.
• The Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Cluster estimates that up to 7 million people are at risk of food insecurity in
  2014 – with an estimated 3.7 million facing “acute” and “emergency” food security (IPC).
• First signs of serious food security distress are emerging (sorghum market prices skyrocketing, complete lack of
  commodities like sugar and powdered milk).
• Communities isolated by conflict are surviving on existing retailer and household stocks – with no replenishment
  options except WFP air drops.
• Lack of commercial access, constraints on aid access, displacement, livelihood disruption and pre-crisis structural food
  security are leading to a potential major food crisis.
• Saving livelihoods saves lives – livelihood protection interventions are critical; FAO is focusing on providing
  emergency livelihood kits, protecting livestock herds against disease and promoting rapidly maturing crop seeds.