period

January–December 2020

to assist

1.7 million people

FAO requires

USD 55 million

It is crucial to provide timely agricultural support to vulnerable households to allow them to produce their own food and generate income.

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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rural populations are the most affected by recurrent shocks. Violence perpetrated by armed groups and inter-community conflict are triggering massive population displacements, mainly in the eastern part of the country. Compounding the situation are floods, insufficient rainfall in certain areas, epidemics and fall armyworm, which are limiting availability of and access to food thus exacerbating vulnerabilities and humanitarian needs.

Objectives

FAO is working with partners in the Food Security Cluster to:• Provide emergency agricultural assistance, in order to protect crisis-

affected populations’ livelihoods and to allow them to meet their immediate food and nutrition needs.

• Improve the food security of the most vulnerable households, whose livelihoods and productive assets have been lost, in order to build their resilience and ensure self-sufficiency.

• Ensure effective coordination of the humanitarian response, improve monitoring, and strengthen accountability mechanisms and partnerships through support to national stakeholders.

Activities

Resume agriculture-based livelihood activitiesagricultural inputs | facilitate access to land for displaced people | fish and livestock production inputs | conditional cash transfers | cash for work | income-generating activities | training on good agricultural and environmentally friendly production techniques | support for conservation, processing and marketing of agricultural products | natural resource management | village savings and loan associations | caisses de résilience activities | community radios | information and early warning systems

Strengthen Food Security Cluster coordinationcollection, analysis and dissemination of food security information | advocacy and resource mobilization | integration of cross-cutting themes (gender, protection, environment and HIV-AIDS)

FAO in the 2020 humanitarian appeals The Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the CongoHumanitarian Response Plan 2020

Impact on food security

The Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to be affected by a complex and protracted humanitarian crisis. Increased insecurity mainly in Ituri and Kivu provinces, and the effects of climate hazards, along with chronic poverty, persistent inter-community conflict, epidemic diseases and structural weaknesses, have exacerbated humanitarian needs and caused massive population displacements – the country hosts the highest number of IDPs in Africa in addition to over half a million refugees from neighbouring countries.

Vulnerable populations’ difficult access to fields, the destruction and looting of crops and productive assets, as well as the spread of fall armyworm have disrupted livelihood activities, leading to limited food production and increased levels of food insecurity and malnutrition.

People are thus resorting to the adoption of negative coping mechanisms, such as selling livestock and consuming seeds, increasing their dependency on humanitarian aid.

In 2020, providing vulnerable households with emergency agricultural support is essential to restore their livelihoods and strengthen their resilience.

Situation analysis

Source: IPC, August 2019. Conforms to UN Democratic Republic of the Congo map, October 2019.

Contact

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FAO Representation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | FAO-CD@fao.org

FAO Emergency and Resilience Division Rome, Italy | PSE-Director@fao.org

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations www.fao.org/emergencieswww.fao.org/resilience

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Acute food insecurity situation (July–December 2019)

15.6 million people

in severe acute food insecurity

+1.1 million people suffer

from severe acute malnutrition

4 – Emergency 5 – Famine1 – Minimal 2 – Stressed 3 – Crisis

Inadequate evidence Not included in the analysis

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification

5 million internally displaced

persons (IDP)

600 000 people estimated to be

affected by floods in ten provinces

2 200 deaths due to the

Ebola virus disease and

3 173 confirmed cases

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