Cadre Harmonisé (CH) Analysis of Areas at Risk and Identification of populations in Food and Nutrition Insecurity in Cameroon
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# CAMEROON
Results of the analysis of Acute Food and Nutrition Insecurity in the current period
Valid: From 18/03/2023 To 31/05/2023 Created on: 18/03/2023
# Key outcomes(finding) of areas in Food and Nutrition Insecurity
Food consumption
At the national level, household food consumption has remained stable compared to the same period in 2022. Nearly 58% of households have an acceptable food consumption score. In the East region, only 4 out of 10 households have an acceptable level of food consumption. It is also the region with the lowest food consumption (about 3 out of 10 households). In terms of dietary diversity, 83% of households in Cameroon consumed at least five food groups in the seven days preceding the survey. The regions with the highest dietary diversity are West (91.4%), Littoral (89.7%), and Adamawa (89.6%). The lowest is the Far North region (61.6%). (Source: FSMS 2023)
Livelihood Change
The Results
For the current period (March to May 2023), 11% of the population in Cameroon is in Acute Food and Nutrition Insecurity situation (that is 3,012,103 people), of which approximately 1% is in emergency - phase 4 (335,899 people) and 10% in crisis - phase 3 (2,676,204 people). A total of 6,093,718 people are in stress (phase 2), that is about 22 per cent of the total population.
For the projected period (June to August 2023), 9% of population is expected to be in Acute Food and Nutrition Insecurity (about 2,357,305 people), with less than 1% in emergency-phase 4 (about 268,583 people) and 8% in crisis - phase 3 (about 2,088,718 people). In addition, 5,211,611 people will be under pressure or on stress-phase 2, representing approximately 19% of the total population.
Bottom line
The 2022 farming season was strongly negatively affected by the soaring prices of farm inputs (especially fertilizers) as a result of the Russian war against Ukraine on the one hand, the floods that occurred in November 2022 in the Far North and North Regions on the other hand and also the sudden discontinuance of rainfall in the Southern part of the country.
Agricultural production dropped slightly compared to the previous year.
The Far North Region has a gross cereal balance sheet deficit of -15,249 tons, mainly due to the cereal deficit recorded in the following Divisions: Logone and Chari (-58044 tons), Mayo Tsanaga (-24684 tons), and Mayo-Danay (-23426 tons). These Divisions were affected by the November 2022 floods.
Mayo-Sava, which was slightly affected by the floods, has a positive cereal balance sheet of 1,436 tons. Despite the positive result, it remains exposed to Food and Nutrition Insecurity due to massive exports to Nigeria, and the Divisions with deficits in the southern part of the country.