Democratic Republic of the Congo: Urgent call for assistance
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In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, intensified violence pepetrated by non-state armed groups is occurring at the start of harvests and of the lean season, disrupting agricultural production and the supply chain, and leading to food shortages and soaring prices. Crop fields have been looted or destroyed as well as other key productive assets, preventing affected populations from accessing produce and agricultural inputs. People fleeing insecurity are forced to abandon their livelihoods, with returnees often finding their fields occupied by others, increasing tensions and complicating efforts to reclaim vital farmland. The country already has the world’s highest number of people in acute food insecurity, with 32 percent in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Phase 3 or above living in the eastern provinces. Humanitarian conditions are worsening and tens of thousands of people are forced to flee and increasingly adopt negative coping mechanisms to cover food needs such as reducing food consumption to one meal a day. FAO requires urgent funding to reach affected families in North and South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika provinces with emergency food production support.