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Oct 1st, 2020
Consultative Country-Driven Policy Effectiveness Analyses: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Sep 29th, 2020
Global Report on Food Crises - 2020 September update
This September update of the 2020 Global Report on Food Crises with a special focus on COVID-19 finds that a range of 101–104.6 million people in 27 countries are classified in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) according to analyses carried out between March and September 2020, reflecting the peak situation in times of COVID-19 in countries.
Sep 23rd, 2020
Report: COVID-19 and its Impacts on Childhood Malnutrition and Nutrition-related Mortality
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) conducted recent analysis on economic shocks and child wasting showing an important increase in the prevalence of moderate or severe wasting among children younger than 5 years due to COVID-19-related losses in GNI per capita. To consider the implications of this analysis for Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), IFPRI, the Ethiopia National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) and the Food Security Portal (FSP) Project co-hosted a webinar on “COVID-19 and its impacts on childhood malnutrition and nutrition related mortality” on 23rd September 2020, which this report summarizes.
Sep 1st, 2020
Food Price Monitoring and Analysis Bulletin, September 2020
nternational prices of cereals were generally firm in August. Wheat prices increased in response to low production prospects in Europe and stronger buying interest. International prices of rice also increased, underpinned by seasonally tight export availabilities and increasing African demand. Maize price quotations were mixed, with the benchmark US maize values down from the previous month but those from South America went up.
Sep 1st, 2020
GIEWS Crop Prospects and Food Situation - No 3 on September 2020
FAO assesses that globally 45 countries, including 34 in Africa, are in need of external assistance for food. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly through the loss of income and jobs related to containment measures, have severely aggravated global food security conditions, as well as increasing the number of people in need of assistance. Conflicts and weather shocks remained critical factors affecting the current high levels of severe food insecurity.
Sep 1st, 2020
IPC Ethiopia Alert - September 2020
Over 8.5 million people in seven regions of Ethiopia highly food insecure
Sep 1st, 2020
IPC Haiti - September 2020
42% of population facing high levels of acute food insecurity