SADC RVAA Synthesis Report 2020, December Update resource Synthesis Report on the state of food and nutrition security and vulnerability in Southern Africa 2020 December Update 0 SADC RVAA Synthesis Report 2020, December Update RVAA Regional Vulnerability Assessment & Analysis Programme Informing Resilient Livelihoods Supported by 1 SADC RVAA Synthesis Report 2020, December Update Acknowledgments Preface The December update of the 2020 Synthesis Report The Southern African Development Community on the State of Food and Nutrition Security and (SADC) is a regional grouping founded by countries Vulnerability in Southern Africa was compiled by the in Southern Africa that aim to promote and further SADC Secretariat’s Regional Vulnerability socio-economic, political and security cooperation Assessment and Analysis (RVAA) Programme, under among its Member States and foster regional the leadership of the SADC Food, Agriculture and integration in order to achieve peace, stability and Natural Resources (FANR) Directorate and the wealth. The Member States are Angola, Botswana, Disaster Risk Reduction Unit (DRRU). Union of Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, The original report (link) was approved by the RVAA Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Programme’s Steering Committee, comprising of Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of permanent secretaries of the ministries housing the Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. national vulnerability assessment committees (NVACs), held on 9 July 2020. This report provides an updated overview of vulnerability across the region as it relates to food SADC Member States and development partners, and nutrition security. Central to its analysis is the especially the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & primary data collected by respective NVACs. Development Office (FCDO) and the Swiss Agency Secondary data from other government entities, as for Development and Cooperation (SDC), provided well as humanitarian and developmental partners, funding and technical support. Contributors to the contribute to NVACs’ analysis. report include the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), The information contained in this publication may FEWS NET, the International Organization on be freely used and copied for non-commercial Migration (IOM), the Integrated Food Security purposes, provided that SADC is acknowledged as Phase Classification (IPC) Regional Support Unit the source. The SADC name and emblem are the (RSU), the UN Office for the Coordination of exclusive property of Southern African Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN Refugee Development Community and are protected under Agency (UNHCR), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), international law. Unauthorized use is prohibited. the UN World Food Programme (WFP). They may not be copied or reproduced in any way without the prior written permission of SADC. The Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s Requests for permission should be sent to the technical working groups on 1) Integrated Food Executive Secretary of the SADC Secretariat. Security Phase Classification (IPC); 2) Gender, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS; 3) Market Analysis; 4) Urban Assessment; and 5) Information Management, respectively supported Member States in integrated analysis. WFP and Landell Mills (LM) supported the SADC Secretariat in implementing the technical and institutionalization functions of the RVAA Programme respectively. 2 SADC RVAA Synthesis Report 2020, December Update Contents Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Preface............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Contents ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 List of figures .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 List of tables .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 List of abbreviations .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Executive summary....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 The SADC RVAA ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 The Dissemination Forum .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Approaches and methods .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Regional overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Regional food security outlook .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Regional nutrition security outlook .................................................................................................................................................. 9 Contributing factors ................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Recommendations ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 In the short term .................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 In the medium to long term .............................................................................................................................................................. 28 Country Snapshots ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 3 SADC RVAA Synthesis Report 2020, December Update List of figures Figure 1: Prevalence of stunting .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 2: Prevalence of global acute malnutrition........................................................................................................................ 10 Figure 3: Admission trends for treatment of severe wasting ................................................................................................... 11 Figure 4: Disruption to delivery of VAS Jan-Jun 2020 ................................................................................................................. 11 Figure 5: Child feeding practices in the SADC Region, children 6-23 months .................................................................. 12 Figure 6: Rainfall as % of average, Oct 19-Mar 20 ....................................................................................................................... 16 Figure 7: Regional rainfall forecast, Dec 20-Feb 21 ..................................................................................................................... 18 List of tables Table 1: Number of people food insecure in the SADC region ................................................................................................ 9 Table 2: COVID 19 in Southern Africa, 21 Oct 2020 ..................................................................................................................... 13 Table 3: Regional Cereal Balance Sheet, 2019/20-2020/21 (‘000 tons) ............................................................................... 17 4 SADC RVAA Synthesis Report 2020, December Update List