(For Famine Classification, area needs to have extreme critical levels of acute malnutrition and mortality.)Īt least 25 percent of households met at least 25 percent of their caloric requirements through humanitarian food assistance.Īt least 25 percent of households met at least 50 percent of their caloric requirements through humanitarian food assistance. Starvation, death, destitution, and extremely critical acute malnutrition levels are evident.
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Households have an extreme lack of food and/or other basic needs even after full employment of coping strategies. Are able to mitigate large food consumption gaps but only by employing emergency livelihood strategies and asset liquidation. Have large food consumption gaps which are reflected in very high acute malnutrition and excess mortality Are marginally able to meet minimum food needs but only by depleting essential livelihood assets or through crisis-coping strategies. Have food consumption gaps that are reflected by high or above-usual acute malnutrition Households have minimally adequate food consumption but are unable to afford some essential non-food expenditures without engaging in stress-coping strategies. Households are able to meet essential food and non-food needs without engaging in atypical and unsustainable strategies to access food and income. IPC Acute Food Insecurity Phase Descriptions (Area) FEWS NET also produces IPC-compatible maps: if the phase classification would likely be worse without current or programmed humanitarian food assistance, this is indicated in the mapping with an exclamation point.
IPC maps reflect the phase classification and the humanitarian food assistance mapping protocol: if a significant level of humanitarian food assistance is being/will be provided in an area, it is mapped with a wheat bag symbol. More than 30 percent of children under five are suffering from acute malnutrition (wasting)Īt least two people out of every 10,000 are dying each day Classifying Famine (IPC Phase 5), the fifth phase of food insecurity, is a technically rigorous process that requires analytical conclusions that meet three specific criteria:Īt least one in five households faces an extreme lack of food With this evidence, analysts use the IPC reference tables, which provide illustrative thresholds for each of the five phases, to classify the severity of the current or projected food security situation. Classification is based on a convergence of available data and evidence, including indicators related to food consumption, livelihoods, malnutrition, and mortality. The essence of each phase is captured in the phase descriptions, described in the table below. The IPC allows analysts to classify households and areas according to a five-phase scale.
In 2021, Version 3.0 was upgraded to Version 3.1. FEWS NET uses IPC Version 3.1 to describe the anticipated severity of acute food insecurity in its reports and mapping.
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IPC Version 3.0 was officially launched in 2019 as an update to IPC Version 2.0. FEWS NET, a leading provider of early warning and analysis on acute food insecurity, actively contributed to the design and implementation of the IPC. The IPC was devised by a global partnership of governmental and nongovernmental agencies. This harmonized approach is particularly useful in comparing situations across countries and regions, and over time. In practice, analysts use various methods of data collection and analysis (e.g., food prices, seasonal calendars, rainfall, rapid food-security assessments, etc.), but with the IPC, they can describe their conclusions using the same, consistent language and standards. Based on common standards and language, this five-phase scale is intended to help governments and other humanitarian actors quickly understand a crisis (or potential crisis) and take action.Īlong with the scale, IPC provides a framework for technical consensus, protocols for classification, tools for communication, and methods of quality assurance. Widely accepted by the international community, IPC describes the severity of food emergencies. The use of the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) is a landmark in the fight against food insecurity.
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