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October 2020 Global Food Assistance Outlook Brief

Food Assistance Outlook Brief, October 2020

September 2020 Lesotho Key Message Update

Widespread Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes will likely persist through January 2021

September 2020 Rwanda Key Message Update

High food prices and limited access to markets drive Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes

September 2020 Mozambique Key Message Update

Drought and conflict drive an atypically early start of the lean season

September 2020 Kenya Key Message Update

The long rains harvest improves rural food security, but urban food insecurity persists

September 2020 Sudan Key Message Update

Flooding and the macroeconomic crisis drive high needs through October

September 2020 Uganda Key Message Update

Harvests lead to gradual improvement in food availability and access

September 2020 Somalia Key Message Update

Up to 2.1 million people in Somalia face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse outcomes in late 2020

September 2020 Afghanistan Key Message Update

Purchasing power improves for pastoralists at the national level

September 2020 South Sudan Key Message Update

Severe flooding, conflict, and macroeconomic crisis drive Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and high assistance needs

September 2020 Global Alert

COVID-19 pandemic drives global increase in humanitarian food assistance needs: Lasting economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to adversely affect food security into 2021

September 2020 Yemen Food Security Outlook Update

Conflict and currency shortages remain of high concern for acute food insecurity in Yemen

September 2020 East Africa Key Message Update

Humanitarian food assistance needs will remain high through at least January 2021

September 2020 Malawi Key Message Update

Favorable food security persists across most of the country

September 2020 Democratic Republic of Congo Key Message Update

Timid resumption of growing season A due to low availability of agricultural inputs in the east

September 2020 Southern Africa Key Message Update

Income from casual labor expected to be low due to impacts of COVID-19 and consecutive droughts

September 2020 Mali Key Message Update

Improved household food access due to average ongoing green harvests

September 2020 West Africa Key Message Update

Good harvest prospects despite insecurity and flooding

September 2020 Central America and Caribbean Key Message Update

Acute food insecurity remains atypically high amid continued economic challenges

September 2020 Zimbabwe Alert

COVID-19 added to consecutive droughts and economic shocks in Zimbabwe drives high assistance needs

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The Famine Early Warning Systems Network is a leading provider of early warning and analysis on food insecurity. Created by USAID in 1985 to help decision-makers plan for humanitarian crises, FEWS NET provides evidence-based analysis on approximately 30 countries. Implementing team members include NASA, NOAA, USDA, USGS, and CHC-UCSB, along with Chemonics International Inc. and Kimetrica.
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