Source: World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food Security Cluster
Country: Angola, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Cambodia, Chad, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam, World, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Globally, millions of vulnerable people are experiencing increased hunger and poverty due to droughts, floods, storms and extreme temperature fluctuations as a result of a climatic occurrence: El Niño.
The 2015/2016 occurrence is one of the most severe in a half-century and the strongest El Niño since 1997/1998. The negative consequences of El Niño are foreseen to continue through 2017, particularly in Southern Africa where this event has followed multiple droughts compounding the already fragile situation.
It is critical that an adequate and sustained response is implemented in order to safeguard decades of development gains. More than US$2 billion are required to support food security and agriculture programmes globally through 2017.
