This Report provides food security population estimates for countries selected on the basis of the degree of risk of facing acute food crises in 2016 and beyond. In addition, a detailed food security analysis is presented for those countries and/or population groups facing high severity and magnitude of acute food insecurity based on classification.
Conflict & Food Insecurity
The negative impact of conflict on food security, nutrition and agriculture is an uncontested and globally recognized phenomenon. Conflict is a leading cause of food insecurity and hunger in several parts of the world, undermining food security in multiple ways and creating access problems for governments and humanitarian agencies who often struggle to reach those most in need.
The causes of food insecurity in conflicts are diverse but often coupled to disruptions in food production and food systems, plundering of crops and livestock, loss of assets and incomes or population displacement which all directly or indirectly impact availability, access and utilisation of food. In general, in conflictaffected areas, the lack of adequate access to food, combined with poor access to medical facilities – in some cases even a lack of access to clean water, has an immediate detrimental effect on malnutrition, especially for vulnerable groups such as children under five, and pregnant or breastfeeding women.
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Извор: WUNRN – 05.08.2017
