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The Africa Food Crisis: An

Overview
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Table of content

Situation overview

Causes of shortage

Effects of shortage

Future predictions

Actions being taken

The current situation
The Africa region has experienced food insecurity for a long period of time with the main driving factors
being conflict, market instability and natural disasters contributing to low food production and
accessibility.

The COVID-19 situation has also been the predominant driver of acute food insecurity in both rural and
urban areas, in most African countries.
Causes of shortage
1 Numerous natural disasters

2
Lack of investment in land and
agriculture

3 Increased emphasis on
export-oriented agriculture

4 Frequent armed conflicts

Effects of
food shortage
Short-term
effects
- Malnutrition: children face stunted physical
and mental development; adults don’t have
enough energy to work in order meet their
needs.
- Weakened immune system and subsequent
illnesses; which might prove fatal.
As of 2019, 234 million sub-Saharan Africans
were chronically undernourished, more than
in any other region.
Source: worldvision.org
Long-term
effects
- Inflated food price puts pressure on
already poor communities.
- It affects agriculture and
consequently the economy
Future
predictions
Future predictions

0 COVID-19 has led to severe and widespread increase in

1 food insecurity, affecting vulnerable households in
almost every country. Impacts are expected to
continue through 2021, into 2022, and possibly
The food crisis might persist due to
beyond.
the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Future predictions

More and more people may be at risk

due to inflated prices and reduced
income.

The primary risks to food security are at the country

level: Higher prices combined with lower income mean
that more households are forced to cut own on food
consumption.

0
2
Future predictions

0 Numerous countries are experiencing high food price

3 inflation at the retail level, as well as food supply
disruptions due to COVID-19 social distancing
measures; this in turn hurts low- and middle-income
households.
Severe impact on people of low- and
middle-income households.
Current actions
taken

Actions taken
4.3 mil
people assisted by Red Cross
Red Crescent National
Societies with food and in-kind
assistance.
As the situation unfolds, several measures have been taken by the
international community and African countries governments, to both
alleviate the impacts of the pandemic, and to solve the problem of the
ongoing food shortage.
112.000 20
African National Societies
people reached with cash
implementing longer-term food
and voucher assistance.
security programmes with an
investment of 81.14 million Swiss
francs, supported by 17 different
partners.
Objective:
To lift the vulnerable 25% of Africa from poverty and eradicate
dependence on food assistance, by investing in food production and
developing low-cost, effective, innovative livelihood alternatives that
guarantee long-term food security.
Thank you for listening!