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Despite the improvements in the current food security conditions due to good Gu rains since March, over one million people estimated by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit-Somalia (FSNAU), FEWS NET, and partners during January 2013 will likely still remain food insecure through September, primarily at Stressed or Crisis (IPC Phases 2 or 3).
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Estimated food security conditions, 1st Quarter 2013 (January-March 2013)

IPC Acute Food Insecurity Reference Table for Household Groups: Read Descriptions
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Food Security Framework

Key populations affected by food insecurity
Underlying factors affecting food security
Natural and other hazards
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The food security framework provides a broad understanding of food insecurity and related factors. It summarizes the key factors, entities, and relationships that affect food insecurity including:

Famine-related deaths in Somalia, 2010-2012

From late 2010 to mid 2012, drought, spiraling food prices, conflict, and difficult humanitarian access caused an extended period of famine and severe food insecurity in southern and central Somalia. This FEWS NET/FSNAU-sponsored study, the first evidence-based estimation of the death toll, suggests that some 258,000 lives were lost.

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