WFP Household Food Security Monitoring Bulletin Round 17

This is Round 17 Bulletin of its Household Food Security Monitoring during COVID-19. This bulletin covers the period of mid-September 2021 to mid-October 2021. Survey data was collected from households spread across the country in response to COVID-19 monitoring and seasonal trends in food security using a call centre model.

Key take-aways from the analysis include:

• The food security situation across the country remains stable, with almost all interviewed households classified as having acceptable to borderline food consumption as they consume from the 2021 harvest.
• The proportion of households who are employing the most severe con­sumption-based coping strategies remains relatively low, ranging be­tween 19 percent and 21 percent for the current round and the immediate past four rounds, indicating a generally stable food security situation.
• Physical access to markets has increased slightly, likely due to the decrease in new COVID-19 cases as the third wave of the pandemic slows down coupled with the fact that rural households are still selling their produce from the recent harvest.