The report said conflict and economic shocks related to COVID-19 will drive acute food insecurity.........................
The organisations said “acute food insecurity continues to increase in scale and severity.”
Conflict, climate concerns and economic shocks often related to the economic fallout of COVID-19 will likely remain primary drivers of acute food insecurity for the August-November 2021 period. “These deteriorating trends are mostly driven by conflict dynamics, as well as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Countries classified as having very high constraints include the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Niger, Sudan and South Sudan. It added that the countries with the highest number of people in urgent need of food assistance in the world are Haiti, Honduras, Sudan, and Syria.The report provided country-specific recommendations on priorities for anticipatory action, short-term protective interventions to be implemented before new humanitarian needs materialise and emergency response action to address existing humanitarian needs.“Targeted humanitarian action is urgently needed to save lives and livelihoods in 23 hotspots.
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