The joint FAO-WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report on Sri Lanka was handed over to the Minister of Agriculture, Mahinda Amaraweera, by FAO Representative for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Vimlendra Sharan.

An estimated 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are facing moderate to severe acute food insecurity and their situation is expected to worsen if adequate life-saving assistance and livelihood support is not provided, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today in a new report.