In 2022, 258 million people across 58 countries and territories faced acute food insecurity at crisis or worse levels (IPC/CH Phase 3-5), up from 193 million in 53 countries and territories in 2021.
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In 2022, 258 million people across 58 countries and territories faced acute food insecurity at crisis or worse levels (IPC/CH Phase 3-5), up from 193 million in 53 countries and territories in 2021.
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Conflict, economic shocks – including due to COVID-19, extreme weather – pushed at least 155 million people into acute food insecurity in 2020, says coalition of UN, EU, NGOs and government agencies.
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In Zambia, locusts have been reported in Central, Southern and Western regions and the invasion has become very serious in Sesheke and Mwandi. The locusts also affect Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe + 3 more
About seven million people in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, already affected by floods, drought and the impacts of COVID-19, could experience further food and nutrition insecurity.
Angola + 10 more
A record 45 million people across the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) will be severely food insecure in the next six months, UN food agencies warn.
Lesotho + 9 more
Late rains, extended dry periods, two major cyclones and economic challenges have proved a recipe for disaster for food security and livelihoods across Southern Africa.
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Seminar at FAO aims to catalyse renewed international push to tackle impacts of drought, which drive not only hunger, but also cause economic losses up to $8 billion annually.
Zimbabwe + 11 more
A fall armyworm outbreak is causing considerable crop damage in seven countries in the region, concurrently with a cyclone in Madagascar, flooding in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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Fall armyworm, which is mostly associated with the Americas, is a new threat in Southern Africa and is currently affecting crops in at least seven countries in the region.
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Preliminary results of the Regional Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis in June 2016 indicate that 39.7 million people will be acutely food insecure in the SADC region at the peak of the lean season in January to March 2017.
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Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought, flooding and civil conflicts, according to an FAO report released Wednesday.
Malawi + 10 more
The region is currently in the grip of an intense drought that has expanded and strengthened since the 2015-16 agricultural season, driven by one of the strongest El Niño of the last 50 years.
Zimbabwe + 9 more
The early production forecast for maize - a staple food throughout the subregion - is about 21.1 million tonnes in 2015, 15 percent lower than the average for the last five years, FAO says.
Malawi + 13 more
The study found that, contrary to perceptions that southern Africa has a homogeneous and ‘low-risk’ profile, the region is exposed to a range of environmental and social pressures.
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The projected increase this year over 2012 is mainly the result of an 11 percent expected expansion in coarse grains output, with the US accounting for the bulk of the rise.
Pasture and water availability for livestock has worsened significantly in parts, resulting in distress sales of livestock at relatively low prices and about 4 000 livestock deaths.
Food aid is supplementing household stocks; however, the estimated fall in cereal production and emergency sales of livestock are expected to tighten the food security conditions later in 2013.
Zambia + 6 more
Several countries in Southern Africa have suffered outbreaks of the African Armyworm, a pest of crops and rangeland herbage