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4 And can be purchased through v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS viiACRONYMS viiiKEY MESSAGES ix PART 1 REGIONAL OVERVIEW OF FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION 1 After a prolonged decline, hunger appears to be on the rise globally 1 The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and food SECURITY and nutrition targets 2 Trends in food SECURITY and nutrition in Africa 3 SDG Indicator : Prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) 5 Prevalence of severe food insecurity measured with the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) 10 The multiple burdens of malnutrition 11 Trends in multiple burdens of malnutrition in Africa 11 SDG Indicator : Prevalence of stunting 11 SDG Indicator.

5 Prevalence of wasting and overweight in children 14 Progress towards the World Health Assembly targets 16 Exclusive breastfeeding 18 Anaemia in women of reproductive age 19 Low birth weight 19 Adult overweight and obesity 20 Progress has slowed, new concerns have emerged 21 PART 2 POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES TO SUPPORT FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION 24 The recent REGIONAL experience 25 The Malabo Declaration 26 REGIONAL and national policies, strategies and plans to promote food SECURITY and nutrition 28 REGIONAL and national policies for food SECURITY and improved nutrition outcomes reflect a broad, multidisciplinary approach 29 Raising agricultural production and productivity is essential for adequate food availability 30 Agricultural production and productivity and social protection essential to improve access to food.

6 37 Stability of availability and access to food also important in ensuring food SECURITY 42 Food utilization also determines nutrition outcomes 43 Policies and programmes are aligned with the Malabo Declaration and achieving SDG 2 47 PART 3 CONFLICT, FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION 49 How does conflict affect food SECURITY and nutrition 52 Conflict and food SECURITY : some recent evidence 52 Can food insecurity and undernutrition trigger conflict? 53 Case study: Lake Chad crisis 54 International response mechanism 56 REGIONAL response mechanism 56 National response mechanism 58 Building resilience for food SECURITY and peace 58 ANNEX 63 REGIONAL and subregional policies and programmes 63 National policies and programmes 65iiiREFERENCES 89 Table 1: Undernourishment in sub- saharan Africa and subregions, 2000 2016 Table 2: Undernourishment in Western Africa , 2000 2016 Table 3: Undernourishment in Middle Africa , 2000 2016 Table 4.

7 Undernourishment in Eastern Africa , 2000 2016 Table 5: Undernourishment in Southern Africa , 2000 2016 Table 6: Prevalence of severe food insecurity (measured using the FIES) in the world and in sub- saharan Africa , 2014 2016 Table 7: Level and growth in Dietary Energy Supply AdequacyTable 8: Number of countries with different proportions of land equipped for irrigationFigure 1: Prevalence of undernourishment in sub- saharan Africa and subregions, in 2000 2016 Figure 2: Number of undernourished people in sub- saharan Africa and subregions in 2000 2016 Figure 3: Proportion of stunted children under five by subregion in 2000 2015 Figure 4: Proportion of stunted children under five by countriesBox 1: The Prevalence of Undernourishment and the Food Insecurity Experience Scale Box 2: Ghana, food SECURITY success story Box 3: ReSAKSS: support to evidence-based decision-making Box 4: Climate change and civil conflict Box 5: Options for livelihood support for fishermen in northeast NigeriaTABLES, FIGURES AND BOXESTABLEFIGURESBOXESF igure 5: Prevalence of wasted children under five by subregion in 2015 Figure 6.

8 Prevalence of overweight children under five by subregion in 2000 2015 Figure 7: Number of countries in each subregion and number of WHA targets they are on track for Figure 8: Proportion of countries in each subregion that are on track to meet the WHA targets Figure 9: Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in the first three months Figure 10: Prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age in sub- saharan Africa in 2005 and 2015 Figure 11: Prevalence of adult obesity in sub- saharan Africa in 2005 and 2014 Figure 12: Prevalence of adult male and female obesity in 2014 by subregion Figure 13: Average DESA versus PoU for sub- saharan African countries (2000 2015) Figure 14: Net per capita food production indices for sub- saharan Africa by subregion, 2000 2014 Figure 15: Total Factor Productivity indices for sub- saharan Africa by region, 1981 1990, 1991 2000, 2001 2009 Figure 16: Value of food imports for sub- saharan Africa by subregion, 2000 2014 Figure 17: Poverty rates for sub- saharan Africa and subregions, 1990 2013 Figure 18: Real GDP per capita growth for sub- saharan Africa and subregions, 2009 2014 Figure 19: Domestic food price index for sub- saharan Africa and subregions, 2000 2013 Figure 20.

9 Prevalence of stunting in children under five versus proportion of calories derived from cereals and roots and tubers out of total calories Figure 21: Access to improved water sources, 2004 2014 Figure 22: Access to improved sanitation facilities, 2004 2014 ivFOREWORDD uring the first decade of the century, sub- saharan Africa made sound progress in its fight against hunger with the region witnessing a decline in the prevalence and number of undernourished people. However, in 2015 and 2016, there was a reversal of this trend as even the prevalence of undernourished trend reversal was attributable in many countries of the region to adverse climatic conditions, often linked to the El Ni o phenomenon, which resulted in poor harvests and loss of livestock.

10 Lower commodity prices and increasingly challenging global economic conditions, coupled with the outbreak of conflicts at times concurrently with natural calamities such as droughts or floods further exacerbated the food SECURITY and nutrition situation across the the light of these recent developments, it is essential that we step up our efforts if we are to achieve a world without hunger by Africa s vision for development continues to be driven by the African Union s Agenda 2063 as well as the principles enshrined in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). The goal defined in the Agenda 2063, and further reaffirmed in the Malabo Declaration as well as in the Africa REGIONAL Nutrition Strategy 2015 2025 of ending hunger and halving poverty by 2025, is closely aligned with the SDG 2 and the Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016 2025, the framework to implement the commitments taken at the second International Conference on Nutrition and achieve the World Health Assembly depicted in this report.