The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has eight member states – Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan and Uganda Its goal is to enhance regional cooperation in three priority areas: food security and environmental protection; socio-economic development, regional integration and cooperation; and peace and security
The IGAD region continues to face alarming levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition. This is attributed to a complex mix of reinforcing shocks and stressors, including increasingly frequent extreme weather events, unprecedented levels of conflict and insecurity, and economic shocks. Chronic vulnerabilities, in part attributed to the protracted impacts of previous shocks, high levels of poverty and inequality, limited resilience capacities, and high levels of displacement, further aggravate the situation.
This IGAD Regional Focus – a by-product of the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) –provides a comprehensive assessment of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in the IGAD region in 2022, including major food crises, populations of highest concern, trends over time and projections for 2023. It examines the main drivers of these food crises and presents the most recent available data and information on displacement and nutrition in the IGAD region. It also illustrates the regional and global interconnectedness of the drivers and consequences of food crises.


Year of publication | |
Publisher | Global Network Against Food Crisis (GNAFC) |
Geographic coverage | UgandaSudanSouth SudanSomaliaKenyaEthiopia |
Originally published | 19 Jun 2023 |
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