Highlights
- Overall, in October and November, food security in Tajikistan was at a similar level as in April 2008. Sughd and DRD regions have seen an increase in the number of zones affected by food insecurity over the previous three months, while the conditions in Khatlon region seem to have improved in some areas.
- The food security monitoring in October and November identified almost 650,000 people as severely food insecure and 1.5 million as moderately food insecure (see table page 9 for more details).
- Three zones are of a particular concern: zone 15 (Vakhdat, Fayzabad, Varzob), zone 19 (Baldzhuvan, Khovaling, Muminabad, Shuroabad) and zone 16 (Gafurov). Further assessment of the situation in these zones should be undertaken with a particular emphasis on zone 15, in which up to 225,000 people were found to be at a risk of severe food insecurity.