The quarterly dashboard summarizes the progress made by partners involved in the Lebanon Crisis Response and highlights trends affecting people in need. The Food Security sector in Lebanon is working to: OUTCOME 1) Promote food availability; OUTCOME 2) Promote food accessibility; OUTCOME 3) Promote food utilization; OUTCOME 4) Promote stabilization.
Changes in context - first quarter
VASyR 2016 shows a slight increase in the percentage of food insecure households compared to 2015; 93 percent of the population is food insecure to some degree, against 89 percent in 2015. The percentage of mildly food insecure households has decreased, while the percentage of households with moderate and severe food insecurity increased with 36 percent of the households falling under these two categories. Vulnerability to food insecurity is a ecting 10 percent of Lebanese households. 94.5 percent of the total population of Palestine Refugees from Syria are food insecure. The agricultural economy and food production capacity has been a ected all over Lebanon. Farmers who have traditionally relied on agricultural inputs and services at subsidized/cheaper rates from Syria currently face an increase in input costs, and are struggling to keep up production with the ongoing crisis, the sector has shifted its interventions since 2015, moving from direct humanitarian assistance to medium stabilization interventions. With this, the overall sector needs for stabilization have increased from 14% of total needs in 2015, to 27% in 2016 to 32% in 2017. Several food security activities contributing to stabilization contributing to rural livelihood might be reported under the livelihood sector and others are under negotiation with the donor communities.
Nevertheless, the sector has high ongoing needs, with some $20 million a month needed for the core food assistance to displaced Syrians.