Rose Hongla@FAOTchad

The annual report on acute food insecurity and malnutrition has been published. The report indicates that at the close of 2019, 135 million people across 55 countries and territories experienced acute food insecurity* (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above).

More than 73 million of the 135 million people covered by the report live in Africa. The key drivers behind the trends analysed in the report were: conflict, (the key factor that pushed 77 million people into acute food insecurity), weather extremes (34 million people) and economic turbulence.

This is the result of a joint consensus-based assessment of acutefood insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations including FAO. Find out more about Chad situation here