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  • Publication | 2023

Tanzania: Acute Food Insecurity Situation November 2023 - April 2024 and May - October 2024

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Between November 2023 and April 2024, approximately 900,000 people (13 percent of a population of 7.1 million people in 21 analysed district councils of Mainland Tanzania are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). Two district councils (Longido and Monduli) are classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis), and the remaining 19 are classified in IPC Phase 2 (Stressed).

For the projection period of May to October 2024 the food security situation is expected to significantly improve due to the anticipation of normal to above normal rainfall which will have positive impacts on food crops and livestock production. Around 379,000 people (5 percent of the population analysed) are expected to be in Phase 3, with no population in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency), and about 1.73 million people (24 percent of the population analysed) in Phase 2.

Food insecurity is driven primarily by a prolonged dry spell and erratic rainfall that highly affected crop and livestock production, pasture and water availability, coupled with crop pests and livestock diseases in the 2022/23 production season. These decreased crop productions in the Vuli, Masika and Msimu harvest resulted in limited food availability and access to food due to income constraints for casual labourers working on farms.