High levels of acute food insecurity in Ethiopia due to COVID-19, displacement, desert locusts and high food prices.
30/12/2020
In the analysis period of October to December 2020, about 8.6 million people (16% of the analysed population) are facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) despite ongoing Humanitarian Food Assistance (HFA). Of these, about [...]
30/11/2020
The IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis was conducted in South Sudan from October 26th to November 16th, 2020. During the vetting session of the analysis, a breakdown in consensus among the country IPC Technical Working Group members emerged in relation [...]
12/11/2020
Joignez-vous aux FAO et Tufts University lors d’une série technique sur le cadre conceptuel pour lutter contre la malnutrition aiguë dans les zones arides de l’Afrique en Octobre et Novembre 2020. Les évènements seront en anglais et français.
L’émaciation infantile est [...]
Biannual Report on Global Food Markets
12/11/2020
As it was projected earlier in the year, while most markets were braced for a major global economic downturn, the food sector, including markets for bananas and tropical fruits, continued to display more resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic than other [...]
07/10/2020
COVID-19 has quickly morphed from an unprecedented health crisis to a massive economic shock. Initial expectations were that its impacts on agri-food supply chains would predominantly be felt in post-farm downstream segments, mostly in urban settings. But these expectations have [...]