EAST AFRICA USAID Response to the Desert Locust Crisis ! LIBYA EGYPT Response Partners: Implementing Partner SAUDI ARABIA FAO Priority Worldwide Services CHAD SUDAN Khartoum Asmara Sanaa YEMEN !^ !^ !^ SUDAN ETHIOPIA A I L A M Djibouti O The Integrated Food !^ A S Security Phase Classification D N (IPC) is a standardized tool that A KENYA aims to classify the severity and mag- ETHIOPIA G AGRICULTURE U nitude of food insecurity. The IPC scale, Addis Ababa whichPROGRAMS is comparable across countries, ranges !^ from Minimal—IPC I—to Famine—IPC 5. IN ETHIOPIA, The mapKENYA, only depicts levelsSOMALIA, of acute food insecurity SOUTH in countries affected by the desert locust. FEWS NET data is not currently available for Djibouti or Eritrea. C.A.R. SUDAN SUDAN, AND UGANDA Juba A !^ I Projected Acute Food Insecurity, L February-May 2021 A M IPC Acute Food Insecurity Phase O Mogadishu S ^ 1: Minimal 4: Emergency ! 2: Stressed 5: Famine UGANDA KENYA Kampala 3: Crisis Not Mapped !^ Source: FEWS NET, February 2021 !^ Nairobi RWANDA BURUNDI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO TANZANIA Desert Locust Situation THROUGH MARCH 2021 Observed Swarm (February - March 2021) Observed Swarm The Integrated Food Security Phase Class- (August 2019 - January 2021) ification (IPC) is a standardized tool that aims to The map only depicts levels of acute food classify the severity and magnitude of food insecurity. insecurity in countries affected by the desert ZAMBIA Source: FAO, March 2021 The IPC scale, which is comparable across countries, locust. FEWS NET data is not currently ranges from Minimal—IPC I—to Famine—IPC 5. available for Djibouti, Eritrea, or South Sudan. The boundaries and names used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the U.S. Government. Last Updated 03/26/21.