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Situation Overview
In this IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, 12 rural districts of Balochistan, seven rural districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and nine rural districts of Sindh were analysed, amounting to around 9.2% of Pakistan’s population. Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh are three provinces in Pakistan, all having a high prevalence of food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty. In the first half of 2022, their populations faced multiple shocks including high food and fuel prices, drought and flooding, livestock diseases, reduced employment opportunities and conflict (in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), which were exacerbated by the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
In total, nearly 6 million people (30% of the population analysed) experienced high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between July and August 2022. This is projected to increase to 8.5 million people (43% of the analysed population) between September and December 2022. These include around 2.6 million people (13% of the population analysed) in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and around 6 million people (30% of the population analysed) in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) across the 38 districts analysed. Urgent action is required to reduce food consumption gaps and save lives and livelihoods.
The likely deterioration to the food security situation in the projection period is due to the devastating impacts of one of the worst monsoon floodings ever, which caused livestock losses and adversely affected food production and availability of food and livelihood opportunities. Food access is also a challenge because of the spillover affects of the flooding on food commodity prices and livelihood opportunities.