This report is part of FAO’s efforts to systematically link early warnings to anticipatory actions. By providing specific early action recommendations for each country, the report aims to prompt FAO and partners to proactively mitigate and/or prevent disasters before they start to adversely impact food security.

In order of intensity, for the period January to March 2020, the high risk section includes: Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger Zimbabwe South Sudan Haiti Cabo Verde, the Gambia, Mauritania and Senegal Yemen Nigeria Desert locust outbreak African swine fever outbreak in Asia