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Publication | 2025

Madagascar: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for September - December 2024 and Projections for January - April 2025 and May - August 2025

Between September and December 2024, around 1.63 million people, or 15 percent of the population analysed faced high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), requiring an urgent humanitarian response. Of these, 1.58 million people were in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and 48,000 in Emergency (IPC Phase 4). The most affected districts were Androy and Atsimo Andrefana in the Grand Sud, and Befotaka and Farafangana in the Grand Sud-Est.

For the first projected period (January to April 2025), food insecurity is expected to worsen, with 1.94 million people (18 percent of the population analysed) expected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity (Phase 3 or above). Although humanitarian aid is expected to stabilise people's food situation, the food insecurity situation has deteriorated compared with the current period. Climatic impacts, particularly low rainfall and cyclones/floods in certain regions, combined with the lean season, have increased household vulnerability.

During the second projected period (May to August 2025), an overall improvement in the food situation is expected, although pockets of vulnerability will remain. The number of people suffering from high levels of acute food insecurity is expected to decrease to around 1.12 million, or 11 percent of the population.