ZIMBABWE: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Snapshot |February - June 2020 ry - June 2020 Key Figures ZIMBABWE: Acute Food Insecurity | February - June 2020

Zimbabwe’s acutely food insecure population IPC 4.34M Phase 3 (Crisis)+ is 45% of country’s rural population More than 4.34 million ZAMBIA people in Zimbabwe are Mbire estimated to be in Crisis 9.7M Hurungwe Centenary (IPC Phase 3) or worse from 55 Total 45 Febraury to June 2020 Population MountDarwin Rushinga Analysed Guruve UzumbaMarambaPfungwe Kariba Shamva Mudzi Population estimates: ZIMVAC MazoweBindura Makonde Mutoko Key Drivers GokweNorth Zvimba NAMIBIA Murehwa Binga Goromonzi Nyanga MAP KEY Sanyati HARARE IPC Acute Food Insecurity GokweSouth Chegutu Seke Marondera Phase Classi cation HwangeUrban Makoni (mapped Phase represents Poor Rains Low Production High Food Prices Mhondoro-Ngezi highest severity a ecting The poor rainfall season A poor harvest in High prices of food Hwange Hwedza Mutasa at least 20% of the population) with late start of rains 2019 has forced many items and other basic Lupane Nkayi Kwekwe Chikomba in most districts of households to become commodities mean MOZAMBIQUE 1 - Minimal Zimbabwe has resulted more reliant on markets that for many rural Mutare in delayed or no green to access staple food households normal Chirumhanzu Buhera 2 - Stressed harvest, reduced water items. The poor harvest purchases are no Bubi Gweru Gutu availability for livestock season has also led to longer possible, and Tsholotsho 3 - Crisis and households. fewer casual labour reliance on external Umguza Shurugwi Chimanimani opportunities. assistance and social 4 - Emergency networks for food has Zvishavane Bikita Bulilima Insiza Masvingo become normal. Umzingwane Zaka 5 - Famine Chipinge BOTSWANA Chivi Areas not included in Analysis Mberengwa Overview Mangwe Matobo Classi cation takes into account levels humanitarian food assistance provided More than 4.34 million people in rural Zimbabwe are acutely food Gwanda At least 25% of households meet insecure facing Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse from February-June Mwenezi 25-50% of caloric needs from 2020. That is equivalent to 45% of the country’s rural population. Chiredzi humanitarian food assistance This includes over 1.04 million people facing Emergency (IPC At least 25% of households meet Phase 4) food insecurity, with Hwange, Kariba and Binga districts Beitbridge over 50% of caloric needs from being the most vulnerable. humanitarian food assistance Urban settlement The main factors driving the situation are: poor rainfall which has caused crops to wither, flooding which has wiped out the green SOUTH AFRICA harvest, high food prices and skyrocketing food prices, and lack Map Source: IPC Technical Working Group and ZIMVAC of economic opportunities. This has forced many people to sell off their assets, such as livestock, in order to purchase food, whileBOTSWANA many others are reliant on external assistance. According to Acute Food Insecurity | April - June 2018 Acute Food Insecurity | Feb - May 2019 Acute Food Insecurity | June - Sept 2019 the Lean Season Assessment 2020, around 78% of interviewed households reported to have received assistance between April and December 2019. Assistance coverage and scale has increased

ZAMBIA since December to help people through the lean season. ZAMBIA ZAMBIA Mbire Mbire Mbire Hurungwe Centenary Centenary Centenary Hurungwe Hurungwe MountDarwin MountDarwin Rushinga Rushinga MountDarwin Rushinga Guruve Guruve Guruve Compared to the last IPC Acute Food Insecurity (AFI) analysis UzumbaMarambaPfungwe Kariba Shamva Mudzi Kariba Mudzi Kariba Mudzi Shamva Shamva Mazowe Bindura Mazowe Bindura Mazowe Bindura carried out for October-December 2019, the current situation 570K UMP 2.9M UMP 2.29M Makonde Mutoko Zvimba Makonde Mutoko Makonde Mutoko GokweNorth Nearly 570,000 GokweNorth Zvimba More than 2.9 GokweNorth Zvimba More than Goromonzi NAMIBIA Binga Murehwa Nyanga reflects a 7% deterioration in the proportion of people facing Crisis NAMIBIA GoromonziMurehwa Binga GoromonziMurehwa Binga Nyanga Nyanga HARARE HARARE HARARE Sanyati people were Chegutu Sanyati million people, Sanyati 2.29 million GokweSouth Chegutu Chegutu Seke Marondera GokweSouth GokweSouth Makoni (IPC Phase 3) or worse. Compared to the IPC AFI analysis carried Seke Marondera Seke Marondera HwangeUrban Makoni estimated to be in HwangeUrban Makoni HwangeUrban Mhondoro-Ngezi or 31 % of Mhondoro-Ngezi people or 25 % Mhondoro-Ngezi Hwange Hwedza Mutasa Hwange Hwedza Mutasa out one year ago (February-May 2019), the current situation Hwange Hwedza Mutasa Lupane Nkayi Kwekwe Chikomba Lupane Crisis (IPC Phase3) Lupane Nkayi Kwekwe Chikomba Nkayi Kwekwe Chikomba Zimbabwe’s rural of Zimbabwe’s MOZAMBIQUE Mutare MAP KEY Mutare Chirumhanzu reflects a 14% deterioration in the proportion of people facing or worse from April Mutare Chirumhanzu Buhera Chirumhanzu population, were Buhera Bubi Gweru Buhera IPC Acute Food Insecurity Gweru rural population Gweru Bubi Tsholotsho Gutu Bubi Phase Classi cation Tsholotsho Gutu Shurugwi Tsholotsho Gutu Umguza Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse. The increase is mainly attributed to June 2019. This (mapped Phase represents Shurugwi Chimanimani Shurugwi estimated to Umguza Chimanimani Umguza Chimanimani highest severity a ecting were estimated Zvishavane Bikita at least 20% of the population) Zvishavane Bikita Bulilima Masvingo Masvingo Insiza to the prolonged and severe lean season expected to last until would increase to Zvishavane Bikita Bulilima Insiza Umzingwane Zaka Bulilima Masvingo be in Crisis (IPC 1 - Minimal Umzingwane Zaka to be in Crisis Chipinge Insiza Chipinge Chivi Umzingwane Zaka Chipinge Chivi approximately 2.4 Chivi 2 - Stressed Mberengwa June, high food prices, cash shortages and worsening market Phase3) or worse BOTSWANA Mberengwa (IPC Phase3) or BOTSWANA Mberengwa 3 - Crisis Mangwe Matobo Mangwe Matobo million during the Matobo Mangwe from February to 4 - Emergency Gwanda conditions. Gwanda worse from June Mwenezi Gwanda Mwenezi 5 - Famine Chiredzi peak hunger period Mwenezi May 2019. Chiredzi to September Chiredzi Areas not included Beitbridge (July 2018 to March in Analysis Beitbridge The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative Beitbridge Area likely to be at least one 2019. Phase or worse without the 2019). e ects of humanitarian MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE SOUTH AFRICA uses phases to classify the severity and magnitude of food assistance SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA insecurity and malnutrition for better and more actionable BOTSWANA BOTSWANA information. BOTSWANA Map Source: IPC Technical Working Group and ZIMVAC Map Source: IPC Technical Working Group and ZIMVAC Publication date: 26 March 2020 | *IPC population data is based on population estimate by the IPC Analysis Partners: Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC)| | Feedback: [email protected] | Disclaimer: The information shown on this map does not imply official recognition or endorsement of any physical and The Zimbabwe IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis was led by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZIMVAC), in close collaboration with the IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) political boundries. and country partners the World Food Programme (WFP) and Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET).