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Colombia: DIEM – Data in Emergencies Monitoring brief, round 5 - Results and recommendations, June 2024

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- Several of the impacts identified during this round of data collection (November–December 2023) continue to be associated with economic effects from the disruptions to global supply chains due to conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there was an environment of greater socioeconomic stability compared to the previous assessment conducted in January–February 2023.

- Inflation remained the main shock reported by the surveyed households, although there was a decrease in those affected from 22 percent at the beginning of 2023 to 19 percent at the end of 2023.

- For the 60 percent of households engaged in agricultural activities, reported production difficulties were lower compared to the fourth round (70 percent). However, the majority of the population was still engaged in this type of activity.

- In the case of livestock production, the number of households reporting production difficulties was lower than in the previous survey, dropping from 53 percent to 43 percent.

- Forty-two percent of agricultural producers mentioned lack of rain or water for crop irrigation systems as the main shock. This may be associated with El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

- According to the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), 56 percent of households were in moderate or recent severe food insecurity, and 2 percent in severe food insecurity. For severe food insecurity, prevalences were highest in the departments of La Guajira (4.4 percent), Chocó (4 percent) and Cesar (3.7 percent).

- Households reported the need for assistance in the short term to meet food needs, continue agricultural production and ensure access to food given the loss of purchasing power due to inflation.