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 two-fold: to provide an up-to-date food security and nutrition situation analysis (early warning) and to offer a forum to build consensus on critical issues facing policy and interventions. The FNSWG has served regional governments, donors, and non-governmental agencies since the early 2000’s. Current membership includes approximately 80 organisations (IGAD, UN agencies, NGOs, donors, and research institutions) who contribute to the operation of the working group, and its nutrition, markets, food security information, livestock and pastoralist sub-groups.
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East Africa cross-border trade bulletin for January - March 2024
The Market Analysis Sub-group of the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) monitors inf…
Food Security Statement: April 2024 update
- In April 2024, an estimated 74.9 million people in the region were highly food insecure and in urge…
Preventing the looming humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan as the lean season begins
Humanitarian needs in Sudan have reached new, alarming highs and are likely to escalate steeply dur…
East Africa cross-border trade bulletin for January 2024
The Market Analysis Sub-group of the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) monitors inf…
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Food Security Statement, March 2023
According to the IPC, at least 55.3 million people in 10 of the 13 countries covered by the FSNWG were highly food insecure (IPC Phase 3+) in March 2023. Of these, 25.8 million were from …
January 2023 update
According to the most recent IPC2 analysis, about 78.3 million people in 11 of the 13 countries covered by FSNWG were highly food insecure (IPC Phase 3+) and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in …
East Africa cross-border trade bulletin for October-to- December 2022
The Market Analysis Sub-group of the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) monitors informal cross- border trade of 88 food commodities and livestock in eastern Africa in order to quantify the impact on regional …
Joint Statement on the ongoing Drought in the Horn of Africa, November 2022
Immediate global action required to prevent Famine in the Horn of Africa: A 5th consecutive season of drought has been set in motion by a poor start to October - December rains, and below-average …
Food Security Statement for October 2022
Key messages
- About 56.6 million people in 10 of the 13 countries covered by FSNWG were highly food insecure (IPC Phase 3+) and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in October 2022. Of these, about …
Food Security Statement, August 2022
Key messages
- Drought conditions continue to worsen in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia, the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Kenya, and most of Somalia following four consecutive seasons of below-average rains.
- Agro-pastoral populations in Baidoa …