Who are we?
The Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) is a regional platform, currently co-chaired by ICPAC and FAO. It’s goal is twofold: Providing an up-to-date food security and nutrition situation analysis (early warning) and offering a forum to build consensus on critical issues facing policy and interventions The FNSWG has served regional governments, donors, and nongovernmental agencies since the early 2000’s. Current membership includes approximately 80 organizations (IGAD, UN agencies, NGOs, donors and research institutions) who contribute to the operation and content of the working group and its nutrition, markets, food security information, livestock and pastoralist subgroups.
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Desert Locust Impact Assessment East Africa
The Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) recently conducted a regional Desert Locust i…
Food Security Statement November 2020
- An estimated 52.9 million people in Burundi, Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of…
Alert on Impact of Below normal Oct-Dec 2020 Rains on Food Security and Nutrition
A poor October-November-December (OND) season is expected, characterized by late onset, below avera…
East Africa Cross-Border Trade Bulletin for October 2020
The Market Analysis Sub-group of the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) monitors inf…
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IGAD Food Security and Nutrition Response Strategy
The compounding impacts of climatic shocks, conflict and insecurity, adverse macro-economic shocks, desert locust invasion and the COVID-19 pandemic, together with protracted food insecurity from past shocks will likely lead to a food security crisis …
Nearly 28 million people were already food insecure before COVID-19 in the IGAD region
Nairobi / Djibouti, 4th June 2020: An estimated 27.6 million people across the IGAD region were classified in Crisis or worse (IPC Phase 3+) levels of acute food insecurity in 2019. This figure represents 20% …
Regional focus on IGAD Member States, 2020 Global report on Food Crisis
In 2019, 135 million people faced acute food insecurity that required urgent action (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) in 55 countries and territories analysed across the world, according to the Global Report on Food Crises …
Ministerial Statement on the Desert Locust invasion and coordination of control operations in the IGAD Region
On 21 May 2020, Ministers responsible for Agriculture and Livestock of the Member States of IGAD held a virtual ministerial meeting on Desert Locust (DL) Upsurge and Coordination of Control Operations in the IGAD …
Global Food Crisis Report 2020
The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2020 is the result of a joint, consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity situations around the world by 16 partner organizations. At 135 million, the number of people …
East Africa Cross Border Trade Bulletin
The Market Analysis Sub-group of the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) monitors informal crossborder trade of 88 food commodities and livestock in eastern Africa in order to quantify the impact on regional food …