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Key Message Update September 2024 Impacts of widening Middle East conflict driving Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes Download the report
  • Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are anticipated to persist in the central highlands and western and northeastern provinces of Afghanistan through at least January 2025. Poor households have not recovered typical production levels following the impacts of the three-year drought. Household purchasing power remains constrained, driving food consumption gaps indicative of Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes. Poor urban households facing high unemployment rates and macroeconomic challenges are likely employing Crisis-level coping strategies to mitigate widening household food consumption gaps. In eastern, northern, and southern areas of the country, ongoing harvests, consistent food imports, and the appreciation of the Afghani (AFN) against key trading currencies have sustained downward pressure on food prices and improved household food access, resulting in broad Stressed (IPC Phase 2) outcomes in these areas.
  • In Yemen, Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse outcomes are expected to persist through January 2025 across internationally-recognized government (IRG) areas. In the Sana’a Based Authority (SBA)-controlled governorates, ongoing Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes are expected to persist through the projection period due to the pause in humanitarian food assistance since December 2023, compounded by the effects of severe flooding in March, April, and July that impacted about 100,000 hectares of cropland, destroyed livestock, and displaced households. Although the main sorghum, millet, and maize harvest is ongoing in highland areas of the country, the majority of households remain market dependent following years of protracted conflict and overall macroeconomic contraction, which have devastated the agricultural sector and displaced households. However, some limited seasonal improvements in household food and income access are expected in lowland areas, the eastern plateau, and coastal areas from the start of the main harvest in mid-November. Food insecurity in Yemen remains concerning, driven by multiple concurrent shocks that FEWS NET is monitoring, including impacts of the bombing of Red Sea ports and the current cholera outbreak.
  • Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are expanding across Lebanon and are expected to persist through at least January 2025 as conflict intensifies between the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Hezbollah, displacing households and disrupting livelihoods. According to OCHA, approximately 211,000 people have been displaced since the beginning of the conflict, the majority from southern Lebanon. Due to escalations in the conflict in September, the IOM estimates a 64 percent increase in internally displaced people (IDPs) over the four-day period from September 26 to 30. The ongoing conflict has resulted in widespread food supply disruptions amid rising prices of food and non-food commodities from the prolonged economic crisis. For example, the price of bread, a key staple, rose by 12.7 percent during the month of September. Widespread Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are ongoing in in El Nabatieh, Baalbak-El Hermel, Akkar, and North Lebanon governorates, driven by a combination of protracted factors, including poor agricultural production, limited labor opportunities due to competition among Syrian refugees, IDPs, and Lebanese host populations, constrained access to humanitarian assistance amid funding cuts, the ongoing economic crisis, and above-average food and non-food commodity prices. FEWS NET estimates that the population in need of urgent humanitarian food assistance is about 2.0 to 2.5 million people, representing 35 to 40 percent of the country’s population, nearly double the pre-conflict estimates.
  • While Gaza is not a regularly monitored FEWS NET country and therefore not typically included in regional summaries, FEWS NET’s targeted analyses on Gaza can be accessed here. To prevent widespread loss of life, an immediate cessation of hostilities is required, alongside a large-scale, multisectoral response with unrestricted access to populations in need.
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Key Message Update Middle East and Asia August 2024 - January 2025
Key Message Update Middle East and Asia July - October 2024
Food Security Outlook Middle East and Asia June 2024 - January 2025
Alerts / special reports
Special Report Syria December 31, 2025
Targeted Analysis Iraq October 2025
Targeted Analysis Pakistan September 2025
Monthly analysis
Key Message Update Middle East and Asia August 2024 - January 2025
Key Message Update Middle East and Asia July - October 2024
Food Security Outlook Middle East and Asia June 2024 - January 2025
Alerts / special reports
Special Report Syria December 31, 2025
Targeted Analysis Iraq October 2025
Targeted Analysis Pakistan September 2025
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Acute Food Insecurity Area-Level Classifications

FEWS NET produces IPC-compatible area-level acute food insecurity classifications monthly for FEWS NET reporting countries. This data is available as spatial files, tabular files, and map images. It is a key output of FEWS NET integrated food security analysis and is reported in our Food Security Outlooks and Outlook Updates (FSO/U) and Key Message Updates (KMU).

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Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates

These estimates reflect the total population estimated to face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse acute food insecurity outcomes, including those who are receiving humanitarian food assistance and those who are not. This tabular data is a key output of FEWS NET integrated food security analysis and is reported in our FSOs, global Food Assistance Outlook Briefs (FAOB), and semi-annual global Peak Food Assistance Needs Outlook Briefs.

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