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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FSNWG Drought Special Report 29 July 2022
Prior to the 2022 March to May (MAM) rainy season, the East Africa region had already been struggling with severe drought conditions, with most areas of the eastern Horn of Africa, particularly northern and eastern …
IGAD Regional Focus of the Global Report on Food Crises 2022
The fourth edition of the IGAD Regional Focus of the Global Report on Food Crises highlights the alarming high-levels of acute food insecurity in 2021 in the region, where about 42 million people were estimated …
Global Report on Food Crises 2022
Globally, levels of hunger remain alarmingly high. In 2021,
they surpassed all previous records as reported by the
Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), with close to 193 million
people acutely food insecure and in …
Food Security Statement, May 2022
Key messages
- Drought conditions continued to worsen in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia, the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Kenya and across most of Somalia following the reality of a fourth consecutive season of below-average …
Food Security and Nutrition Snapshot, April 2022
- 53.1 million people in Crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity (IPC1 Phase 3+). 23.5 million of them from six of the eight IGAD member states.
- Prolonged drought conditions, particularly in eastern and southern …
FSNWG Drought Special Report April 2022
In February 2022, FSNWG issued a Drought Special Report, examining the current food security situation across the eastern Horn of Africa (i.e. Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia) after three consecutive seasons of below-average rains. This …