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Dialo Koumba knew the violence spreading across her homeland would someday hit her village in western Burkina Faso. But when armed assailants killed her neighbours one night, she and her three co-wives ditched careful plans to sell their livestock before fleeing.  “Our departure was brutal,” recalls Kouma, 50, who has since joined her husband in northern Côte d’Ivoire.

The rate of deterioration in the country’s food security situation has seen a steep curve over the past 2 years due to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global food crisis ignited by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Key findings of the February 2024 report indicate that 82 percent of the population are food insecure among which 18 percent of households are severely food insecure.

This report shows that economic factors remain primary determinants of food security, with 23 percent of households classified as food insecure and 74 percent vulnerable to food insecurity.

Jamilla Hassan’s family once lived off rich farmland in the Lower Juba region of south-west Somalia. But a severe drought from five poor rainy seasons left them staring at empty grain stores and dusty fields littered with carcasses of livestock, once their source of meat and milk. “We haven’t been able to harvest enough grain to feed ourselves for the past two years,” says Jamilla.

World Food Programme (2023). Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa – Protection and Accountability to Affected Population.       Annual Country Reports Available at: Annual Country Reports 2023 | World Food Programme (wfp.org)  

It covered the period 2015-2022. The evaluation concluded that: While a resilience policy is relevant to WFP’s mandate, it no longe fulfils its role in positioning WFP in the resilience landscape and should be updated for greater conceptual clarity.

The objective of these studies is to generate evidence and inform practice for improved emergency preparedness and response in the Caribbean region linked to more flexible national social protection systems. The main research question for these studies is: ‘What factors enable social protection systems to be more responsive to shocks’?

As the Kyrgyz Republic is facing economic and market uncertainties, WFP has rolled out quarterly remote surveys to monitor the changes in the food security situation and underlying factors across the country. These regular updates on the prevalence of food insecurity and household vulnerability aim to inform government programme and policy decision-making.

With support from Cargill, the World Food Programme (WFP) contracted the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition (SEAMEO RECFON) to conduct a study on the effects of COVID-19 on the nutrition of school-aged children and the opportunity for enhancing the nutrition focus under the school health programmes (Usaha Kesehatan Sekolah/Madrasah, or U

The evaluation covered CSP and T-ICSP activities implemented between January 2018 and mid-2023.