Source: Famine Early Warning System Network
Country: Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Key Messages
Ebola-related fears and official restrictions on population movements have limited market functioning and typical livelihood activities across the region.
2014/15 harvests are expected to be average to slightly below-average.
As most agricultural households are consuming their recent harvests, food security outcomes are currently most severe amongst households directly impacted by Ebola and poor, non-agricultural households residing in worst-affected zones.
As households become increasingly market dependent during the first quarter of 2015, atypically poor purchasing power will limit food access. By June 2015, Stressed (IPC Phase 2) and Crisis (IPC Phase 3) food insecurity is expected for poor households across much of the region.