Luca Russo POLICY SEMINAR Technical Discussion on the 2019 Global Report on Food Crises: Working together to prevent food crises Co-Organized by IFPRI, FAO North America and Food Security Information Network (FSIN) APR 26, 2019 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

1. Global report on
food crises 2019
Key findings
Technical Discussion, IFPRI
Washington, 26 April 2019

2. Food security: the paradox
Source: FAO, SOFI, 2018
14.5
13.8
13.1
12.6
12.2
11.8
11.5
11.3
11
10.7
10.6
10.8
10.9
945
911.4
876.9
855.1
839.8
820.5
812.8 805.7
794.9
783.7 784.4
804.2
820.8
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Under nourishment
Prevalence (%) Number (million)
PERCENTAGE
MILLION
Source: FAOSTAT
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1961
1964
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Food availability
World Africa North America South America
Asia Europe Oceania
InKcal/cap/day

3. THE GLOBAL
REPORT ON
FOOD CRISES
15 organizations joining forces: CILSS,
European Union, global Food Security Cluster,
global Nutrition Cluster, IFPRI, IGAD, IPC Global
support unit, FAO, FEWS NET, SADC, SICA,
OCHA, UNICEF, USAID, WFP
An annual analytical product informing the
Global Network against Food Crises, based on a
highly consultative and consensus-based
process facilitated by FSIN
A joint acute food insecurity and
malnutrition analysis providing estimates of
acute hunger

4. Phase 1
Minimal
Phase 2
Stressed
Phase 3
Crisis
Phase 4
Emergency
Phase 5
Catastrophe/Famine
Households are able to
meet essential food and
non-food needs without
engaging in atypical,
unsustainable strategies
to access food and
income
Households have
minimally adequate food
consumption but are
unable to afford some
essential non-food
expenditures without
engaging in detrimental
coping strategies
Households have food
consumption gaps with
high or above usual acute
malnutrition OR
accelerated depletion of
livelihood assets that will
lead to food
consumption gaps
Households have large
food consumption gaps
resulting in very high
acute malnutrition and
excess mortality OR face
extreme loss of livelihood
assets that will lead to
food consumption gaps
Households have an
extreme lack of food and
other basic needs.
Starvation, death and
destitution are evident
Urgent action required
Action for disaster risk
reduction and
livelihoods protection
INTEGRATED FOOD SECURITY PHASE CLASSIFICATION (IPC) &
CADRE HARMONISÉ (CH)

5. KEY
FIGURES
. More than 113 million people across 53 countries faced Crisis
(IPC/CH Phase 3 or above). This is a slight dip from last year.
. Despite the slight decrease, over the past three years, the
report has consistently shown that, year on year, more than 100
million people have faced periods of acute hunger.
. Eight countries accounted for two thirds of the total number of
people facing acute food insecurity – amounting to nearly 72
million people.
. The worst food crises in 2018 were, in order of severity: Yemen,
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Ethiopia,
Syrian Arab Republic, the Sudan, South Sudan and northern
Nigeria.
. More than 143 million people in a subset of 42 countries in
Stressed conditions (IPC Phase 2).

6. MAIN DRIVERS: CONFLICT, CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC SHOCKS
Conflict was the key
driver of food insecurity
for the majority of the
113 million acutely food
insecure people.

7. MAIN DRIVERS: CONFLICT
More than half of those
facing Crisis (IPC/CH
Phase 3) or worse
conditions were in 10
countries or territories
affected by CONFLICT
mainly in the Middle East,
Africa and Asia

8. MAIN DRIVERS: CLIMATE SHOCKS
African countries
accounted for the
overwhelming majority
of acutely food-insecure
people in countries
affected by CLIMATE
shocks.

9. MAIN DRIVERS: ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
were considered the
primary driver of the
acute food insecurity of
10.2 million people in
Crisis (IPC/CH Phase 3)
or worse mostly in three
countries.
It was also the primary
driver of displacement
for migrants from
Venezuela.

10. NUTRITION:
MAIN DRIVERS
The limited access to the right quantity and
quality of nutritious foods for children’s
optimum growth and development remains a
major challenge across all countries affected by
food crisis.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger,
Somalia, Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazaar) and Malawi,
less than 10% of the children under two have a
minimum acceptable diet.
Cholera outbreaks in Uganda, Niger, Malawi and
Nigeria; measles outbreaks in Chad and
Madagascar increase the population’s vulnerability
to malnutrition.
Limited access to basic health, nutrition and
WASH services.
Globally:
- 151 million children affected
by stunting,
- 51 million children affected by
wasting, of whom 16 million
severely so.

11. FORECAST
IN 2019
Conflict and insecurity will remain the primary causes of
food insecurity and contribute to persisting or increasing
displacement, internally or towards neighbouring countries
Weather shocks and extreme climate events will continue
to have a severe impact on agricultural and livestock
production in several regions (Central America Dry
Corridor and Southern Africa, for instance)
Economic instability will continue undermining the food
security status of vulnerable households in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Libya, South Sudan, the Sudan, the
Syrian Arab Republic, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of),
Yemen and Zimbabwe.
Continued cholera, measles and Ebola outbreaks

12. THE WAY
FORWARD
• Reinforcing safety-nets
• Investing in conflict prevention and peace
• Simultaneous action across the
humanitarian-development nexus
• Investing in resilience
• Leveraging information and technology
The Global Network
against food crises:
Working together

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