1. Paris, 12th April 2023
RESTRICTED MEETING
Acute Food and
Nutrition Insecurity
situation
in the Sahel and West Africa
by BAOUA, Issoufou, CRA/CILSS

2. Plan
1. Process
2. Overview on existing data
3. Outcomes on the zones classification
4. Population estimation per phase
5. Acute FNI drivers
6. recommendations

4. Current data
availability

5. 1203
Zones
14
countries
Food and Nutrition insecurity,
March-May 2023

6. Food and Nutrition insecurity,
June-August 2023
1265
Zones
17
Countries

7. Proportion of population per phase of acute FNI in
the Sahel and West Africa
390
Millions
403,4
Millions
Mars – mai 2023 June – August 2023
29,5 M
dans le
besoins
AAH
42,5 M
dans le
besoins
AAH

8. Estimation of
population per
phase of acute FNI –
March-May
and
June-August 2023

9. Trend of Population under Crisis to worst CH
Phase classification, 2019 to 2023
in the Sahel and West Africa
Juin-19 Juin-20 Juin-21 Juin-22 Juin-23
Millions
of
people

10. Negatives Impacts are medium
to strong for Key drivers (hazards
and vulnerability ) on Food
consumption (A) and Livelihood
(B) in almost countries
Impacts of limiting factors
(availability and food access)
• Negatifs medium to strong on
food consumption (C) and
livelihood (D) in north of BF,
ML, NE, NG, TD,
• Positifs Impacts medium to
strong in South in ML, BF, GN,
TG, BN, GH
Food availability
mapping
Food access
mapping

11. limited trade, access to land,
fertilizer labour and seeds in
some area, such as inaccessible
areas
Several insecurity, insurgency, kidnaping
remain the main drivers of food and
nutrition insecurity in the Lac Chad
basin(Nigeria, Chad and Niger), Liptako
Gourma Authority zone (Burkina Faso, Mali
and Niger);
Flood conditions have affected crops
and pastoral season 2022/23 in the
Sahel countries
High prices of majors commodities in
all countries of the region. Where the
increasing is ranged between 25% to
+100% compared to 5 years average
Acute FNI Drivers
Ukraine War impact continue to deteriorate
the economic conditions of populations
exacerbated by high inflation, particularly
in Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Liberia and
Sierra Leone
Lost of Jobs related to economic crisis in
all the countries

12. The Governments and partners
a re re c om m e n d e d to ;
1.Accelerate financial mobilization to implement national food
emergency response plans, to limit the collapse of livelihoods,
and prevent the risk of worsening malnutrition among
children, particularly in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria,
Sierra Leone, etc. ;
2.Develop and implement operational plans for the
management of transboundary transhumance to reduce
conflicts between farmers and herders, particularly in coastal
countries (areas hosting transhumant);

13. CILSS, Governments and partners
1. Support States in setting up a monitoring and evaluation system for
response plans;
2. Maintain permanent monitoring of the regional market in order to
detect signs of malfunction in time.
To ECOWAS, CILSS and UEMOA
1. Organize a high-level inter-IGO consultation to discuss on barriers to
food trade in the Sahel and West Africa.
2. Support Member States for the implementation of National Emergency
Plans for vulnerable populations;
3. Accelerate the strengthening of the response capacities of the Regional
Food Security Reserve (RRSA).

14. THE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL PARTNERS
1. Support States in the implementation of emergency
interventions, resilience and national response plans to
support identified vulnerable populations;
2. Support States' efforts to set up functional information
systems on food and nutrition security and livelihoods in
the Gulf of Guinea countries.
3. Support the Cadre Harmonisé Technical Committee in the
ongoing process of developing and implementing the tool
in the Sahel and West Africa region and beyond.

15. Fin