Daily UPSC Current Affairs : 25 August 2025/The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC):

A global hunger monitor has  declared that famine is taking place in Gaza, nearly two years after Israel launched its military campaign in the region .

This was confirmed  fron  the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), that is an internationally recognized body that assesses and classifies the severity of food insecurity and hunger crises.

• The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), also known as IPC scale, is a tool for improving food security analysis and decision-making. It is a standardised scale that integrates food security, nutrition and livelihood information into a statement about the nature and severity of a crisis and implications for strategic response.
  The IPC was originally developed in 2004 for use in Somalia by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU).
•  Several national governments and international agencies, including CARE International, European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC JRC), Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), USAID/FEWS NET, Oxfam GB, Save the Children UK/US, and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), have been working together to adapt it to other food security contexts.
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