Summary of Causes, Context and Key Issues

1. 0 125 250 Kilometers Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Draft 14 Valid as of: 20/08/2011 Chronic Food Insecurity Situation Overview ______________ UGANDA Valid until: 20/08/2016 Aggregation National Levels of Chronic Food Insecurity Summary of Causes, Context and Key Issues National Level • Increasing and high food prices • Erratic rainfall patterns • Poor post harvesting and storage of food • Recurring hazards-droughts, hail storms, crop & livestock diseases • Uncontrolled sale of crop produce after harvests • Livestock disease (FMD in Karamoja and North East Uganda) • High poverty rates and low purchasing power Type: Ongoing and Seasonal Type: Frequency of Acute Emergencies National Level Ongoing: 1,383,783 (4%) Recurrence of acute crisis: 1,498,453 (5%) Seasonal: 10,003,079 (31%) National Level Number of Years with Acute Emergencies over the past 10 years: 2001-2007 Northern Ug. 2006, 2008, 2009 drought in Karamoja & Teso 345,980 of People in Acute Phase 4 and/or 5 during the worst year over the past 10 years: Chronic Levels 1 Low 2 Moderate 3 High 4 Very High International boundary Districts Water bodies