With significant increases in food and other commodity prices, a reduced harvest, and continued conflict, acute food insecurity in Sudan continues to worsen rapidly. Latest acute food insecurity data indicates that around 9.6 million people across Sudan were highly food insecure and classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse from April to May 2022. This includes 2.3 million people in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and 7.3 million in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis). The prevalence of the population in IPC Phase 3 or above has moved from 13% (October 2021 – February 2022) to 20% (April-May 2022) to 24% (June-September 2022), driven by a plummeting economy, poor harvests and conflict.

The situation is projected to worsen between June and September, with up to 11.7 million people (an increase of 2 million) likely to be in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse. This includes 3.1 million people in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and 8.5 million in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) or above. Northern, Western and Central Darfur, Khartoum, Kasala, White Nile host the highest caseload of IPC Phase 3 and Phase 4 during the projection people from June to September 2022. Urgent and timely interventions are needed to prevent these populations from slipping into worse phases

In terms of trend analysis, the prevalence of the population in IPC Phase 3 or above has moved from 13% (October 2021-February 2022) to 20% (April-May 2022) to 24% (June-September 2022). This represents an increase of around 2 million food insecure people when comparing the same seasons in 2021.With an additional 2 million people classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis), the results reflect a significant increase in the expected magnitude compared to the same period last year (June to September 2021), when 9.8 million people were classified in IPC Phase 3 or above.

• Enhance livelihood interventions, building resilience to future shocks through asset creation and Safety Nets programs.

• Enhance different agricultural and rural livelihood activities and providing and services and protect productive assets, especially in areas impacted by flooding, conflict and other shocks.

• Provide full packages of basic services to returnees from displacement areas focusing on security improvements.

• Support agricultural production of the upcoming main agricultural season will improve food availability during the second projection period.

• Protect protective and livelihood assets through appropriate conflict mitigation and prevention approaches. Develop a mechanism to facilitate seasonal animal movements, reduce farm destruction, and mitigate conflict between farmers and pastoralists.

• Develop a mechanism to facilitate seasonal animal movements, reduce farm destruction and mitigate conflict between farmers and pastoralists (demarcate the animal routes).

• Scale-up prevention of acute malnutrition across the states by improving access to basic services (health and WASH) throughout the projection period, with a special focus on drought, and flood-affected areas.

• Strengthen nutrition monitoring and surveillance nationwide with a special focus in hotspot areas.

• Develop strategies to improve food systems, storage mechanisms and reduce food loss and waste.

• Allocate budget for the food security program and interventions and scale up diversified livelihood program.

• Strengthen and support initiatives addressing crosscutting issues of food security and nutrition of vulnerable groups, including plans to incorporate and implement HD Nexus interventions.

• Promote good nutritional practices at household levels through nutrition-sensitive activities, such as home gardening and educational awareness on food and water safety.

• Strengthen the capacities of national and state-level Technical Working Groups on food security information systems and produce timely information.