155 than 80 percent of UN-mobilized resources have gone to conflict areas. The most war-torn countries face perpetual cycles of hunger and instability. “Famines are pretty rare, thankfully, but we do have many situations where people are rapidly depleting their assets in order to get access to food,” Marsland said. “They’re engaging in what we call negative coping strategies, such as selling off their last productive animal or migrating away from the household in a desperate attempt to find work.” outbreak and, at the same time, have conflict breaking out and the currency plunging.” FAO kicked off a data-driven monitoring program in 2020—during the pandemic—to assess rising agricultural stresses in countries where food insecurity has become chronic. To monitor food vulnerability and survey the needs of farmers, the team created the DIEM Hub using GIS technology and remote sensing. Food scarcity has historically been connected to government instability. According to the World Food Programme, more In the Central African Republic, a 2013 coup led to ongoing waves of internal armed conflict, forcing people to flee and disrupting agricultural production. According to the World Food Programme, over one million people (one in four residents) now live in refugee camps or shelter in neighboring countries. Mitigating Risk and Increasing Resilience
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