The effect of lockdown on market activities of selling and buying different needs; closures of state and national borders also affected transportation and availability of food commodities within and outside the States and drastically increased the prices. [...] HUMANITARIAN FOOD ASSISTANCE In the current and projection analysis periods, out of 86 localities that received Humanitarian Food Assistance (HFA), 32 localities had at least 25% of their households benefiting from the assistance in the form of food or food vouchers, and all the beneficiaries were receiving 50% and above of the daily caloric requirements. [...] COVID-19 and containment measures have a significant impact on major urban centres of the country, compared to the rural areas; • Strengthen and expand food price monitoring in the major markets of the country; • Monitor weather forecasts and early warning system communication to prone areas against natural hazards such as droughts and floods; • Strengthen the capacities of national and state leve. [...] Due to the current Food Insecurity? context of travel restrictions and containment, the IPC TWG, in collaboration with the IPC The IPC is a set of tools and procedures Global Support Unit, adapted virtual analysis processes, facilitated by experienced food to classify the severity and characteristics security and nutrition analysts supporting the country team facilitation. [...] This facilitated the documentation Contact for further Information and convergence of the evidence and the results under the current and the projection.
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