Source: Famine Early Warning System Network
Country: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
Elevated levels of food insecurity are anticipated in portions of the Sahel as the effects of localized crop production and pasture deficits negatively impact household food access. Acute food insecurity will be most severe in parts of Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Chad. Between April and June, needs in the Sahel will exist in both pastoral and agropastoral areas. Once rains begin, needs will be concentrated in cropping areas where more than 4 million people will face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes. Expanded and well-targeted assistance through the end of the consumption year in September could prevent the worst of these outcomes.
