Crop Prospects and Food Situation (Quarterly Global Report)
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date: 2017
Topics: Humanitarian Assistance, Livelihoods, Renewable Resources
FAO estimates that 37 countries are in need of external assistance for food. Civil conflict continues to be a main driver of severe food insecurity, triggering famine in South Sudan and putting populations at high risk of localized famine in Yemen and northern Nigeria. Weather shocks, notably droughts, have also impinged on food availability and access, and have in particular compounded the fragile situation in Somalia where famine conditions 37 continue to be a threat.