Resources related to the intersection between war and conflict and food.
A joint FAO/WFP update for the UN Security Council (Jan 2020) | This report covers five countries (Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan) and two regions (the Lake Chad Basin and central Sahel) that are currently experiencing protracted conflict and insecurity and in which, according to latest figures, almost 30 million people need urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance.
Global Network against Food Crises (2021) | GRFC 2021 highlights the remarkably high severity and numbers of people in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) or equivalent in 55 countries/territories, driven by persistent conflict, pre-existing and COVID-19-related economic shocks, and weather extremes. The number identified in the 2021 edition is the highest in the report’s five-year existence.
Food Security Information Network (2020) | The fourth annual GRFC is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations. The Report finds that, at 135 million, the number of people in Crisis or worse in 2019 was the highest in the past four years. This increase also reflected the inclusion of additional countries and areas within some countries. When comparing the 50 countries that were in both the 2019 and the 2020 reports, the population in Crisis or worse rose from 112 to 123 million. This reflected worsening acute […]