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Food insecurity is growing in a number of African countries and is being worsened by a combination of factors such as natural disasters, population displacement, unstable governance, limited agricultural and economic development, poverty and high commodity prices. The current situation requires food security and humanitarian interventions to address this issue.
At today’s AgriKnowledge ShareFair, Justus Liku (food security analyst at CARE International) explained how the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has been used to classify available data and the severity of food insecurity situations. The unique selling point of the IPC is that it integrates food security, nutrition and livelihood information.
He emphasized that government buy-in is essential to roll out the IPC. It is vital to start with higher-level officials; once you have their support, it is easier to reach out to all food security and information systems of the country.
In terms of scaling up, he mentioned that a technical working group is a useful mechanism to implement IPC activities and do the necessary analysis and data validation.
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