The current analysis period coincides with the small lean period from April to May, between the two main harvests of Burundi’s crop seasons A and B. Thus, over the current...

Highlights Across the Horn of Africa, the 2022 March to May (MAM) seasonal rains were late, poorly distributed, and generally below-average. Seasonal rainfall totals from...

Highlights Food insecurity is rapidly worsening in Eastern Africa- an estimated 81.6 million people including IDPs, refugees and host communities in rural and urban areas...

Levels of hunger in 2021 remain alarmingly high, with close to 193 million people acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories, according...

Highlights We report on 9201 interviews with smallholder farmers on the effects of COVID-19 and associated restrictions during 2020. Effects attributed to restrictions were widespread and...

Harvesting rainwater increases the water available for drinking, domestic and agricultural use. In East and West Africa and South-East Asia, water can be harvested on 40-70 per cent...

How Many and When? The current analysis period of June to September 2021 coincides with the harvest and post-harvest period marked by relatively good food availability: for this period, over...

Cassava is an important staple food crop in both Rwanda and Burundi. It ranks first in Burundi followed by banana and sweet potato, and third in Rwanda after banana...

Between April to May 2021, coinciding with the lean season, over 1 million people in Burundi experienced high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in Crisis...

This report is a product of the first phase of the Social Protection Learning Facility partnership and focuses on lessons learned from WFP’s work in 2020 that are important for the social protection sector...