Key Message Update

High prices continue to limit poor households' access to adequate food

January 2023

January 2023

February - May 2023

IPC v3.1 Acute Food Insecurity Phase

1: Minimal
2: Stressed
3: Crisis
4: Emergency
5: Famine
Would likely be at least one phase worse without current or programmed humanitarian assistance
FEWS NET classification is IPC-compatible. IPC-compatible analysis follows key IPC protocols but does not necessarily reflect the consensus of national food security partners.

IPC v3.1 Acute Food Insecurity Phase

1: Minimal
2: Stressed
3: Crisis
4: Emergency
5: Famine
Would likely be at least one phase worse without current or programmed humanitarian assistance
FEWS NET classification is IPC-compatible. IPC-compatible analysis follows key IPC protocols but does not necessarily reflect the consensus of national food security partners.

IPC v3.1 Acute Food Insecurity Phase

1: Minimal
2: Stressed
3+: Crisis or higher
Would likely be at least one phase worse without
current or programmed humanitarian assistance
FEWS NET classification is IPC-compatible. IPC-compatible analysis follows key IPC protocols but does not necessarily reflect the consensus of national food security partners.
FEWS NET Remote Monitoring countries use a colored outline to represent the highest IPC classification in areas of concern.

IPC v3.1 Acute Food Insecurity Phase

Presence countries:
1: Minimal
2: Stressed
3: Crisis
4: Emergency
5: Famine
Remote monitoring
countries:
1: Minimal
2: Stressed
3+: Crisis or higher
Would likely be at least one phase worse without
current or programmed humanitarian assistance
FEWS NET Remote Monitoring countries use a colored outline to represent the highest IPC classification in areas of concern.

Key Messages

  • Off-season crop development for horticulture and rice is generally average for the country. Harvesting horticulture crops and establishing rice nurseries are providing average income opportunities for poor households. However, due to the decline in areas cultivated as a result of insecurity, below-average incomes from labor are expected in the northern areas of the Segou and Liptako Gourma. 

  • As a typical pastoral lean season progresses in the country, pasture and water point availability are average, except in the insecure central and northern areas. In northern areas, including north of the Segou region, pastoralist households are experiencing deficits in grazing areas and disruptions to herd movements due to insecurity.  In these insecure areas, an early lean season is expected in February/March, adversely affecting the production of animal products and household incomes.

  • Due to the availability of own productions, household food access is average in the southern agricultural areas. Due to the early depletion of stocks and above-average market prices, household food access is below-average in the western Sahel, the insecure areas of Liptako Gourma, and the river strip of the northern regions. Market supplies remain adequate despite security disruptions in the central and northern areas, including Ségou.

  • Ongoing Stressed (IPC Phase 2) food insecurity in the Liptako Gourma region and northern parts of the country will continue until May due to the decline in agricultural production due to insecurity and drought. Displaced people will experience Stressed (IPC Phase 2) to Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes due to insecurity and severe deterioration of their livelihoods.

About FEWS NET

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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Link to United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Link to the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) FEWS NET Data PortalLink to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Link to National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Earth ObservatoryLink to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service, Climage Prediction CenterLink to the Climate Hazards Center - UC Santa BarbaraLink to KimetricaLink to Chemonics