Posted on June, 20, 2024 at 08:36 am
Summary
Our monthly Food Security Monitor is one way AGRA makes data available to key stakeholders to underpin evidence-based decision-making. Highlights from the May 2024 Food Security Monitor are summarised below:
Food Security Updates
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has launched a Regional Humanitarian Appeal of at least US$5.5 billion to support over 61 million people affected by the El Niño induced Drought and Floods. Ongoing harvests in the southern African region are driving prices down and supporting improved food security. However, the situation is expected to deteriorate after the next 2-3 months due to the severe below-average harvests caused by the El Nino driven drought which affected most of the southern African countries. Overall, Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and Stressed (IPC Phase 2) conditions persist across the southern African countries.
Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes persist across the Eastern Africa, region, particularly in Ethiopia and South Sudan. However, most parts of Kenya and Uganda are experiencing Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes due to improved access to food as a result of declining maize prices driven by increased food supplies from the past harvests.
In West Africa, Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes mostly prevail across the region driven by poor macroeconomic conditions, conflicts and insecurity, early onset of the lean season with its attendant high food prices. However, a small proportion of the population in the northern region of Mali are predicted to be facing a Catastrophe situation (IPC Phase 5) due to insecurity concerns and the impact of the ongoing lean season.
Source: ReliefWeb