Global report on food crisis - 2017

The Global Report on Food Crises 2017 is the result of a consultative process established to involve a wide range of stakeholders who bring togethe findings from all major risk analysis and early warning systems. All partners are in agreement with the general magnitude and severity of acute food security suggested by this report.

The report is designed to:

1.  summarize available data and analysis from global, regional and national food security monitoring systems;
2.  add value by bringing together this complex data and information to provide an accurate, comprehensive ,transparent assessment of existing food security analysis,
3. identify key data and analytical gaps and
4. drive improved coordination andi nformed planning and implementation for humanitarian and resilience-building initiatives. Ultimately, it aims to instigate and inform better decision-making to increase resilience for the food security of the world’s most vulnerable people and “to ensure that no one is left behind” 

Natural disasters and extreme weather events were also a primary driver of food insecurity in 2016, particularly for countries with inadequate capacities to respond to shocks and with populations characterized by low resilience. The analysis covers ten countries that were affected by natural hazards, including El Niño: three countries in eastern Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti); six in southern Africa (Malawi, Madagascar, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland); and one in the Caribbean (Haiti).