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[email protected] ©FSIN 2017 GLOBAL REPORT 2017 ON FOOD CRISES Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 6 1 1.1 Background____________________________________________________ 7 1.2 Methodology ___________________________________________________ 8 CHAPTER 1.2.1 Information sources __________________________________________________ 8 1.2.2 Geographical coverage ______________________________________________ 10 1.2.3 Detailed analysis per crisis and/or country _______________________________ 11 1.2.4 Countries to watch in 2017 ___________________________________________ 12 1.2.5 Caveats __________________________________________________________ 12 1.3 Structure of the report __________________________________________ 12 Chapter 2: Global Overview of food crises 13 2 2.1 Highlights ___________________________________________________ 15 2.1.1 Conflict and food insecurity ___________________________________________